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Visceral cysticercosis in a Kunekune sow: description and molecular identification of Taenia hydatigena Cover

Visceral cysticercosis in a Kunekune sow: description and molecular identification of Taenia hydatigena

Helminthologia
Volume 61 (2024): Issue 2 (June 2024)
By: G. M. Giallombardo,  F. R. Carvallo-Chaigneau,  M. S. Todd,  D. W. Brown and  R. Ramirez-Barrios  
Open Access
|Jul 2024
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Fig. 1.

Sub gross photomicrography of the liver. A metacestode (m) parasitic structure is included in a cyst surrounded with a dense band of inflammatory cells (i); the adjacent liver (l) tissue is unremarkable. Hematoxylin and eosin, 2X.

Fig. 2.

Histologic details of the metacestode parasitic structure included in the cyst, with absence of a digestive tract, tegument (t), segmented body (s) and the presence of calcareous corpuscles (arrows). Hematoxylin and eosin, 6X.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2024-0017 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 201 - 204
Submitted on: Feb 12, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 7, 2024
Published on: Jul 16, 2024
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
Taenia hydatigena,
cestode,
swine
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

© 2024 G. M. Giallombardo, F. R. Carvallo-Chaigneau, M. S. Todd, D. W. Brown, R. Ramirez-Barrios, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
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