title: Morphology of the oviduct fluke, Prosthogonimus ovatus, isolated from Indonesian native chickens and histopathological observation of the infected chickens.
abstract: Prosthogonimus ovatus infection was detected in 5 of 130 chickens in the oviduct and 4 chickens in the bursa of Fabricius. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that the spines of the P. ovatus were densely distributed on the cuticula of the entire dorsal surface of body, but on the ventral surface, they were densely present to the level of ventral sucker but gradually decreased in density posteriorly, and they could not be seen in the posterior 1/3 area. The spines were finger-shaped and denticulate at the tip. Histopathological examination showed that polypous elevations, degeneration and exfoliation of the mucosal epithelium were detected in the bursa of Fabricius possibly by the suction of flukes, in addition to the stratification of the mucosal epithelium, and interstitial cell infiltration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Zoology, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Chen Sau
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Leok
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haritani
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanimura
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D007214:Indonesia; D010057:Oviducts / Q000469:parasitology*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D014200:Trematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000473:pathology* / Q000662:veterinary*