Open AccessSevere pulmonary fascioloidosis in a wild Mouflon (Ovis musimon) - a case report
Author(s) -
Charlotte Stiles,
Miljenko Bujanić,
Franjo Martinković,
I.-C. Šoštarić Zuckermann,
Dean Konjević
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
helminthologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1336-9083
pISSN - 0440-6605
DOI - 10.2478/helm-2021-0036
Subject(s) - biology , juvenile , parasite hosting , zoology , anatomy , ovis , ecology , world wide web , computer science
Summary A wild male mouflon ( Ovis musimon ) was shot due to the observed weakness. Necropsy revealed consolidated lungs and traces of black pigment and fibrin on the liver. On the cut surface, a juvenile fl uke was found in the lungs, while traces of destroyed fl ukes’ migratory channels were found in the liver. F. magna infection in both, wild and domestic ruminants, causes three types of species-specific host-parasite interactions; definitive, dead-end and aberrant. mouflon are classifi ed as aberrant hosts and here we report unsuccessful migration of a juvenile fl uke that led to a severe pneumonia.