Hemolytic and coagulation properties of Sphaeridiotrema globulus (Trematoda).
Metacercariae of Sphaeridiotrema globulus (Trematoda) were obtained from naturally infected Goniobasis virginica (Pleuroceridae). Excysted metacercariae were placed individually on blood-agar plates. After 8 hr of incubation at 42 C the plates exhibited beta-hemolysis. The reaction zone was approximately 1.5 mm in diameter. Laboratory-reared mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) were infected with S. globulus. Mallards developed fatal sphaeridiotremiasis and demonstrated increased prothrombin time on days 3 and 6 postinfection.
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D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000469:parasitology; D001717:Birds; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D004372:Ducks; D006461:Hemolysis; D011517:Prothrombin Time / Q000662:veterinary; D012908:Snails; D014200:Trematoda / Q000378:metabolism*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*