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Parasitism with Acanthocephalus ranae in frogs (Pelophylax ridibundus Pallas 1771), from North-east Romania

O. C. Iacob

O. C. Iacob

Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ”Ion Ionescu de la Brad” in IasiIasi, Romania
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Feb 10, 2021
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Article Category: Research Article
Published Online: Feb 10, 2021
Page range: 68 - 73
Received: Jun 03, 2020
Accepted: Dec 01, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2021-0008
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Fig. 1

Pelophylax ridibundus: parasites anchored in the intestinal mucosa (digital photo).
Pelophylax ridibundus: parasites anchored in the intestinal mucosa (digital photo).

Fig. 2 a, b, c, d.

Pelophylax ridibundus infected with A. ranae. Small intestine. a. Destruction of villi tissue architecture (DVA), epithelial hyperplasia (EH), inflammatory infiltrate (II). b. Around the acanthocephalans (Ac.), the mucosa is injured (IM), with abundant inflammatory cell infiltrate(ICI) in glandular crypts (GC) and villous fibrosis (VF). c. The effect of parasitism consists in partial or total destruction of the villi (VD) the disappearance of the mucosal epithelium (DME) and discovery of the conjunctival axis (DCA), and general atrophy. d. Catarrhal jejunitis: hyperplasia and edematous infiltration of the submucosa and musculosa (HEM), ulcerative areas (UA) and inflammatory infiltrate, necrobiosis and cell necrosis processes, and areas with total atrophy (TA) of the intestinal mucosa (Trichormic Masson stain x 100, 200).
Pelophylax ridibundus infected with A. ranae. Small intestine. a. Destruction of villi tissue architecture (DVA), epithelial hyperplasia (EH), inflammatory infiltrate (II). b. Around the acanthocephalans (Ac.), the mucosa is injured (IM), with abundant inflammatory cell infiltrate(ICI) in glandular crypts (GC) and villous fibrosis (VF). c. The effect of parasitism consists in partial or total destruction of the villi (VD) the disappearance of the mucosal epithelium (DME) and discovery of the conjunctival axis (DCA), and general atrophy. d. Catarrhal jejunitis: hyperplasia and edematous infiltration of the submucosa and musculosa (HEM), ulcerative areas (UA) and inflammatory infiltrate, necrobiosis and cell necrosis processes, and areas with total atrophy (TA) of the intestinal mucosa (Trichormic Masson stain x 100, 200).
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