Pathological effects due to metacercariae of Clinostomum piscidium migration in snakeskin gourami (Trichopodus pectoralis) in Thailand.

ABSTRACT: Clinostomum spp. is a fish-borne pathogen and a digenetic trematode with a global range. Despite its zoonotic relevance, the pathogenic impact of the parasite in Thai aquaculture is currently unclear. The present study deals with the pathogenic changes that fluke causes in their host, Trichopodus pectoralis, and the molecular confirmation of the Clinostomum piscidium by targeting 18 s rDNA and ITS gene. The metacercariae of C. piscidium were discovered in the body cavity of infected fish. The gross pathological examination revealed a few white migratory tracks on the surface of the liver and spleen. The migratory track showed histologically as a primary hemorrhage and necrosis of hepatic cells surrounded by a layer of macrophages and epithelioid cells, inflammat

SUBMITTER: Islam SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10185784 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature