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wetermani
Paragonimus westermani
Disease :-Paragonimiasis
-Pulmonary distomiasis
D H : Any animal that eats crustaceans
I H ;1st = Snail ( freshwater snail )
Melania sp., Semisulcospira, ,Thiara sp.
MORPHOLOGY
adult
Fresh-reddish brown fluke
Small size : 8-16 x 4-8 mm
Shape :
a. When active: resembling a spoon
with one end contracted and other
elongated.
b. When contracted: preserved oval,
flattened coffee bean
Spinous cuticle
Suckers of equal site, ventral just
anterior to equatorial plane
Iregularly lobed testes, oblique to
each other, in posterive 3rd worm
Lobed ovary anterior to testes on
right side opposite closely coiled
uterus
Vitellaria in extreme lateral fields
for entire length of body
Eggs
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Disease
Diagnosis
Treatment