Journal Article

Congenital infection with Setaria digitata and Setaria marshalli in the thoracic cavity of a Korean calf: a case report

Park, B.K.,Chungnam National Univ., Daejeon (Korea Republic). Research Inst. of Veterinary Science and Coll. of Veterinary Medicine, Sim, C.,Baylor Univ., Waco (USA). Dept. of Biology, Ji, J.R.,Paek Kwang C and S Co. Ltd., Sungnam City (Korea Republic), Kim, N.S.,Chungnam National Univ., Daejeon (Korea Republic). Research Inst. of Veterinary Science and Coll. of Veterinary Medicine, Kim, N.S.,Chonbuk National Univ., Jeonju (Korea Republic). Coll. of Veterinary Medicine, Kim, H.C.,Kangwon National Univ., Chuncheon (Korea Republic). Coll. of Veterinary Medicine

2010

Overview

In March 2010, a 3.5-month-old Korean native calf was anatomized and two nematode worms were detected in the thoracic cavity. The worms were identified and classified by light and scanning electron microscopy on the basis of features at the anterior and posterior parts of the worms. The worms were female Setaria digitata and Setaria marshalli and numerous eggs which contained microfilaria were detected in the uterus of both species. The body lengths of the S. digitata and S. marshalli were 78 mm and 117 mm, respectively. Mosquitoes act as the vector for Setaria nematodes but these are inactivated in winter in Korea. Therefore, we concluded that this case represented setariasis with congenital infection occurring during the summer prenatal stage of life.

• Publisher: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS),Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
• Subject: ANATOMIA ANIMAL / ANATOMIE ANIMALE / ANIMAL MORPHOLOGY / BODY CAVITIES / BOVIN / CALVES / Case reports / case studies / CATTLE / CAVIDADES ESPLACNICAS / CAVITE DU CORPS / Computer worms / Congenital infection / DIAGNOSIS / DIAGNOSTIC / DIAGNOSTICO / females / GANADO BOVINO / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1219 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1391 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2238 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3852 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_421 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4810 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5574 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7000 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7566 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7735 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8045 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_978 / INFECCION / INFECTION / korean native calf / Korean Peninsula / MICROSCOPIA / MICROSCOPIE / MICROSCOPY / Mosquitoes / Nematodes / PARASITE / PARASITES / PARASITOS / prenatal development / Scanning electron microscopy / Setaria / SETARIA (HELMINTH) / SETARIA (HELMINTHE) / SETARIA (HELMINTO) / SETARIA DIGITATA / SETARIA MARSHALLI / SINTOMAS / summer / SYMPTOME / SYMPTOMS / TERNERO / thoracic cavity / THORAX / TORAX / ULTAESTRUCTURA / ULTRASTRUCTURE / Uterus / VEAU / winter / Worms