[First record in French Polynesia of an hepatic fluke of the domestic cat, Platynosomum fastosum Kossack, 1910 (author's transl)].
The authors record, the first evidence of Platynosomum fastosum in a polynesian cat. This fluke has been previously encountered but was misdiagnosed a Dicrocoelium dendriticum. A finest observation of the morphological characteristics permit to distinguish on the both genera.
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D011114:Polynesia; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
Première observation de Platynosomum fastosum Kossack, 1910 chez le chat domestique en Polynésie Française.