Hepatic trematodiasis in a Ganges River dolphin.
Hepatic trematodiasis caused by Cyclorchis campula was diagnosed in a juvenile Ganges River dolphin that had been in captivity at an aquarium for approximately 1 year. Histopathologic findings were severe chronic suppurative cholangitis, hyperplasia of the bile duct epithelium, and periductal fibrosis associated with fluke infection of the large bile ducts.
D000818:Animals; D002591:Cetacea / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*