The Presence and Histopathology of Encysted Metacercaria of Clinostomum complanatum (Rudolphi, 1819) (Digenea:clinostomidae) in Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843)
The Presence and Histopathology of Encysted Metacercaria of Clinostomum complanatum (Rudolphi, 1819) (Digenea:clinostomidae) in Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843)
Öznur Özil*, Öznur Diler, Mevlüt Nazıroğlu, Aşkın Atabay
Metacercariae of C. complanatum (Rudolphi, 1819) on the base of fins (A, B, C), inner wall of the operculum (D) and body cavity (E, F) from G. rufa
(A) The excysted metacercaria of C. complanatum (VS: ventral succer; IC: intestinal caeca) (scale 500 µm) (B) C. complanatum metacercaria in histological section. Some microanatomical characteristics of the parasites (scale 50 µm)
C. complanatum metacercaria (thick arrow) on the gill (arrow) (scale 400 µm)
Severe tissue damage; thickness (thick arrow), desquamation (thin arrow), and hyperemia (star) of gill lamellae (scale 50 µm)
The encysted C. complanatum metacercaria surrounded by the cyst wall (thick arrow), the sucker of C. complanatum metacercaria (arrow) (scale 400 µm)
C. complanatum metacercaria encysted in the muscle, metacercaria cyst wall (arrow), necrotic and fibrotic muscle tissues surrounding the parasite (star) (scale 1000 µm)
