A land snail, Succunea lauta, infected with two sporocyst bloodsacs of the Genus Leucochloridium (Leucochloridiidae: Trematoda) collected in eastern Hokkaido, Japan. The genus Leucochloridium distributes widely in the northern hemisphere and parasitizes the avian final hosts in the cloaca and Bursa fabricii and is relatively well known to curious public because of the genus’ remarkable mimicry. The distinctly striped sporocyst broodsac parasitizes in the ocular tentacles of the intermediate hosts, land snails. The appearance and movement of the broodsac closely resemble those of caterpillars, and this mimicry is believed to increase the parasite’s chance of being preyed upon by a wide variety of bird species, the definitive hosts of these parasites. This report is the first to describe evidential specimens of the sporocyst broodsac of the genus Leucochloridium, infecting the intermediate host in Japan, suggesting completes their life cycle exists in Hokkaido, Japan. See the article by Seitaro Yamada & Shin-ichiro Fukumoto on page 101. |
Volume 59 Number 2&3 (2011-08 issued)
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Selenium, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, and thyroid hormone activation in broilers supplemented with selenium as selenized yeast or sodium selenite | |
Olivera, Valčić;Ivan, Jovanović;Svetlana, Milanović | 69-77 |
Identifying a new locus that regulates the development of rete ovarian cysts in MRL/MpJ mice | |
Lee, Shin-Hyo;Ichii, Osamu;Otsuka, Saori;Hashimoto, Yoshiharu;Namiki, Yuka;Kon, Yasuhiro | 79-88 |
An H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that invaded Japan through waterfowl migration | |
Kajihara, Masahiro;Matsuno, Keita;Simulundu, Edgar;Muramatsu, Mieko;Noyori, Osamu;Manzoor, Rashid;Nakayama, Eri;Igarashi, Manabu;Tomabechi, Daisuke;Yoshida, Reiko;Okamatsu, Masatoshi;Sakoda, Yoshihiro;Ito, Kimihito;Kida, Hiroshi;Takada, Ayato | 89-100 |
NOTE
Isolation of sporocyst broodsacs of the Genus Leucochloridium (Leucochloridiidae: Trematoda) from the intermediate host, Succunea lauta, in Japan | |
Yamada, Seitaro;Fukumoto, Shin-ichiro | 101-104 |
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INFORMATION: Theses for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy | |
105-115 |
INFORMATION: Theses for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy | |
117-118 |
INFORMATION: Theses for the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine | |
119-154 |
INFORMATION: Erratum | |
155-155 |