Parasitology - Trematoda O Great St. Joseph of Cupertino who while on earth did obtain from God the grace to be asked at your examination only the questions you knew, obtain for me a like favors in the examinations for which I am now preparing. In return I promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked. Through Christ our Lord. St. Joseph of Cupertino, Pray for us. Amen.
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Parasitology - Trematoda
O Great St. Joseph of Cupertino who while on earth
did obtain from God the grace to be asked at your
examination only the questions you knew, obtain for
me a like favors in the examinations for which I am
now preparing. In return I promise to make you
known and cause you to be invoked.
Through Christ our Lord.
St. Joseph of Cupertino, Pray for us.
Amen.
Trematoda
Lung trematode
Paragonimuswestergani
Intestinal trematode
Clonorchissinensis
Fasciolahepatica
Scistasomiasis
Schistosomahaematobium
Schistosomajaponicum
Schistosomamansoni
JMJ 2
Paragonimus westermani• Size: About 12mm in length.
• Shape: Oval, coffee-bean shaped.
• Oral sucker: Terminal.
• Ventral sucker: In the middle of the body.
• Gut caeca: Wavy, not branched (simple) and end blindly.
• Testes: Lobed and lie side by side in posterior 1/3 of the body.
• Ovary: Lobed, anterior to testes on right side opposite to closely coiled uterus.
• Vitellaria: Extend from anterior to posterior end.
JMJ 3
Paragonimus westermani
JMJ 4
Paragonimus westermani
• Size: 100 mm (smaller than the egg of giant liver fluke)
• Shape: Oval with a slight flattening in one pole.
• Shell: Has a distinct thickening at opposite end to the operculum.
• Operculum: Quite distinct, with an obvious ring.
• Content: Clear central space surrounded by squarish cells.