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A Case of Fascioliasis in A Wild Nutria, Myocastor coypus, in Republic of Korea

  • Kim, Hyo-Seok (Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kong, Joo-Yeon (Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Hyun (Institute of Animal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Yeon, Seong-Chan (Department of Wildlife Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Hong, Il-Hwa (Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
  • Received : 2018.04.18
  • Accepted : 2018.08.01
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

A total of 44 adult or juvenile nutrias were necropsied for disease survey. A large nodule was found in the liver of a nutria. The histopathological specimen of the hepatic nodule was microscopically examined, and sectional worms were found in the bile duct. The worms showed a tegument with spines, highly branches of vitelline glands and intestine. Finally, we histopathologically confirmed fascioliasis in a wild nutria. In the present study, a case of fascioliasis in a wild nutria is first confirmed in Korea.

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