Metagonimus yokogawai, a new parasitic trematoda species in ichthyoparasitofauna of the Serbia
2007
Cakic, P., Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, Belgrade (Serbia) | Paunovic, M., Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, Belgrade (Serbia) | Stojanovic, B., Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, Belgrade (Serbia) | Djikanovic, V., Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, Belgrade (Serbia) | Kulisic, Z., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade (Serbia)
During the study of fish parasites in the Sebria section of the Dunube river during 2003, a new Trematoda species for ichthyofauna of Serbia has been detected, It is, at the same time, the first finding of larvae of Metagonimus yokogawai in Serbia, as adult forms have been observed from mallard Anas platyrhynchus (L.), previously. Metacercariae of M. yokogawai have been identified on the scales of chub Leuciscus cephalus (L.), barbel Barbus barbus (L.), bleak Alburnus alburnus (L.), pikeperch Sander lucioperca (L.) and rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus (L.) in the Serbian part of Danube river. The particular risk, beside the possible negative influence of spreading on fish and other host populations (some aquatic snails, fish-eating birds and some mammals), is the potential spreading of the parasitic disease in humans - Metagonimosis.
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