<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Infection with the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis was diagnosed in musk rat (Ondatra zibethicus) in the Slovak Republic. At necropsy, massively enlarged liver with numbers of abscess-like lesions up to 1.5 cm in diameter was found. Histological examination shoved the presence of typical multivesicular cysts with multiple protoscoleces and typical laminated layer. Polymerase chain reaction confirmed the diagnosis. According to our knowledge, this is the first documentation of Echinococcus multilocularis in naturally infected rodent in territory of the Slovak Republic.</p></abstract>

Infection with the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis was diagnosed in musk rat (Ondatra zibethicus) in the Slovak Republic. At necropsy, massively enlarged liver with numbers of abscess-like lesions up to 1.5 cm in diameter was found. Histological examination shoved the presence of typical multivesicular cysts with multiple protoscoleces and typical laminated layer. Polymerase chain reaction confirmed the diagnosis. According to our knowledge, this is the first documentation of Echinococcus multilocularis in naturally infected rodent in territory of the Slovak Republic.

Echinococcus multilocularis in musk rat (Ondatra zibethicus): the first finding of the parasite in naturally infected rodent in the Slovak Republic

Parasitological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01, Košice, Slovak Republic

Department of Pathological Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine, Komenského 73, 040 01, Košice, Slovak Republic

Zoological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Löfflerova 10, 040 02, Košice, Slovak Republic

Department of Parasitology, University of Hohenheim, Emil-Wolff-Str. 34, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany

District Veterinary and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic, Levočská 112, 080 01, Prešov, Slovak Republic

Helminthologia

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Infection with the larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis was diagnosed in musk rat (Ondatra zibethicus) in the Slovak Republic. At necropsy, massively...

Echinococcus multilocularis in musk rat (Ondatra zibethicus): the first finding of the parasite in naturally infected rodent in the Slovak Republic

Publié en ligne: 01 juin 2006

Pages: 76 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-006-0015-z

Mots clés
Echinococcus multilocularis, intermediate hosts, Musk rat (Ondatra zibethicus), Slovak Republic

© 2006 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Echinococcus multilocularis in musk rat (Ondatra zibethicus): the first finding of the parasite in naturally infected rodent in the Slovak Republic

Publié en ligne: 01 juin 2006

Pages: 76 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-006-0015-z

Mots clésEchinococcus multilocularis, intermediate hosts, Musk rat (Ondatra zibethicus), Slovak Republic

© 2006 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Echinococcus multilocularis, intermediate hosts, Musk rat (Ondatra zibethicus), Slovak Republic