First description of histopathological lesions associated with a fatal infection of moose (Alces alces) with the liver fluke Parafasciolopsis fasciolaemorpha Ejsmont, 1932

Filip-Hutsch Katarzyna; Hutsch Tomasz; Kolasa Szymon; Demiaszkiewicz Aleksander W.

First description of histopathological lesions associated with a fatal infection of moose (Alces alces) with the liver fluke Parafasciolopsis fasciolaemorpha Ejsmont, 1932

2019

Filip-Hutsch Katarzyna | Hutsch Tomasz | Kolasa Szymon | Demiaszkiewicz Aleksander W.

Parafasciolopsis fasciolaemorpha is a liver fluke typically parasitising moose in Central and Eastern Europe. The aim of our studies was to describe a case of fatal moose parafasciolopsosis, with special emphasis on the histopathological changes caused in the liver tissue by around 10,000 flukes.

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