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Schistosoma bovis

Schistosoma bovis

Schistosoma bovis

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Platyhelminthes
  • ClassTrematoda
  • Subclass Digenea
  • Order Strigeidida
  • Family Schistosomatidae
  • Genus Schistosoma

Final host

  • Ruminants

    Morphology

  • Adults are dioecious
  • Reproductive and Digestive systems are simple
  • The male, with 4 anterior testicles (broad and flat: 9-22 mm long and 1-2 mm wide) carrying the female (vermiform and slender: 12-28 mm long) within the hollow of its inwardly curved body (gynaecophoric canal)
  • The dorsal surface of the tegument of the male bears small cuticula tubercles
  • Eggs (≈180 x 60 µm) with a terminal spine and embryonated when passed in the faeces

    Cycle

  • Indirect with one intermediate host (acuatic snails of genus Planorbarius, Bulinus, etc.)

    Location

  • Mesenteric veins

    Feeding

  • Haematophagous

    Diagnostic

  • Egg

    Transmission

  • Cercaria (furcocercous)