The Rat-Like Hamster, Tscherskia triton, as a Host for the Parthenogenetic Liver Fluke Fasciola sp

Kunio Terasaki; Yasutaka Noda; Tadashi Itagaki; Toshiyuki Shibahara; Kimiyuki Tsuchiya; Koichi Fukuda; Yuko Inoue; Mizue Iwamura; Ayaka Hino

doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1035:TRLHTT]2.0.CO;2

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Kunio Terasaki,¹ Yasutaka Noda,² Tadashi Itagaki,³ Toshiyuki Shibahara,⁴ Kimiyuki Tsuchiya,⁵ Koichi Fukuda,⁶ Yuko Inoue,¹ Mizue Iwamura,¹ Ayaka Hino¹

¹St. Mary's Junior College, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-8558, Japan. terasaki@st-mary.ac.jp
²Nishinihon Rehabilitation School, Hattanda 3-20-2, Kumamoto 862-0934, Japan
³Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka 020-0066, Japan
⁴Laboratory Animal Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8503, Japan
⁵Experimental Animal Center, School of Medicine, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1601, Japan
⁶Center for Laboratory Animal Science, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan

Abstract

Metacercariae of parthenogenetic Fasciola sp. triploid were inoculated into the rat-like hamster Tscherskia triton. Flukes at various stages of growth were found in the bile ducts of all 8 (50%) animals that survived from 42 to 90 days. The body length to width ratio ranged from 1.8 to 2.9, and flukes with the highest ratio were passed 68 days after inoculation. Our results indicate that T. triton is a suitable host for experimental infection when induced by a small number of metacercariae (less than 5) of Fasciola sp.

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Kunio Terasaki, Yasutaka Noda, Tadashi Itagaki, Toshiyuki Shibahara, Kimiyuki Tsuchiya, Koichi Fukuda, Yuko Inoue, Mizue Iwamura, and Ayaka Hino "The Rat-Like Hamster, Tscherskia triton, as a Host for the Parthenogenetic Liver Fluke Fasciola sp," Journal of Parasitology 88(5), 1035-1037, (1 October 2002). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1035:TRLHTT]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 October 2002

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