title: Explanatum explanatum (Creplin, 1847) Fukui, 1929, in buffaloes in the Ahwaz area, southwest Iran.
abstract: Explanatum explanatum (Creplin, 1847) Fukui 1929, was found in three indigenous buffaloes in the west Ahwaz area, southwest Iran for the first time. The presence of this amphistome in bile ducts caused remarkable fibrosis of submucosa ad hyperplasia of the endothelial layer, such that villus-like structures and protuberances were formed in large bile ducts of the infected livers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid-Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mazahery
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Razmyar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hoghooghi-Rad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000469:parasitology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007564:Japan; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D010250:Paramphistomatidae / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*