Cholecystitis in otters (Lutra lutra) and mink (Mustela vison) caused by the fluke Pseudamphistomum truncatum

Between 1988 and 2004, postmortem examinations were carried out on 445 otters found dead, mostly as a result of road traffic accidents, in southern and south-west England. Thickened, shrunken gall bladders were observed in 10 cases, the first in 2000 and the others between February 2002 and August 2...

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Published in:Veterinary record 2005-07, Vol.157 (2), p.49-52
Main Authors: Simpson, V. R., Gibbons, L. M., Khalil, L. F., Williams, J. L. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
cholecystitis
Cholecystitis - epidemiology
Cholecystitis - parasitology
Cholecystitis - veterinary
Disease Reservoirs
England - epidemiology
Female
Fishes - parasitology
flukes
Gallbladder - parasitology
Gallbladder - pathology
Lutra
Male
Mink - parasitology
Neovison vison
Otters - parasitology
Trematoda - isolation & purification
Trematode Infections - epidemiology
Trematode Infections - veterinary
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Summary:Between 1988 and 2004, postmortem examinations were carried out on 445 otters found dead, mostly as a result of road traffic accidents, in southern and south-west England. Thickened, shrunken gall bladders were observed in 10 cases, the first in 2000 and the others between February 2002 and August 2004. A digenean fluke, Pseudamphistomum truncatum, was found in the gall bladders of three cases and also in three of seven American mink examined. Nine of the 10 otters and all the mink came from a localised area of Somerset, indicating that the fluke has become established in the local fish population. P truncatum has not been recorded previously in Britain, and the results suggest that it has been introduced recently, possibly in imported fish
ISSN:0042-4900
2042-7670
DOI:10.1136/vr.157.2.49