Raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) are the new natural definitive hosts of Metagonimus hakubaensis

The definitive hosts of Metagonimus hakubaensis are reported to be hamsters, rats, mice, dogs, cats, chickens, and quails in experimental infection and Japanese water shrews in natural infection. Here we report that raccoon dogs are new natural definitive hosts of M. hakubaensis, based on morphologi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 2021, Vol.83(6), pp.927-930
Hauptverfasser: HAKOZAKI, Jun, KUZUKAMI, Sho, HARAGUCHI, Asako, NAKAYAMA, Kazuhiko, KUSAKISAKO, Kodai, KUDO, Noboru, IKADAI, Hiromi
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Zusammenfassung:The definitive hosts of Metagonimus hakubaensis are reported to be hamsters, rats, mice, dogs, cats, chickens, and quails in experimental infection and Japanese water shrews in natural infection. Here we report that raccoon dogs are new natural definitive hosts of M. hakubaensis, based on morphological and molecular analyses of Metagonimus flukes collected from the host species from Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Moreover, M. hakubaensis recovered from raccoon dogs showed higher fecundity than those recovered from Japanese water shrews. Therefore, raccoon dogs were considered as a more suitable natural definitive host of M. hakubaensis than Japanese water shrews.
ISSN:0916-7250
1347-7439
DOI:10.1292/jvms.20-0700