Troglotrema salmincola
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Troglotrema — Trog·lo·tre·ma .träg lə trē mə n a genus that is the type genus of the family Troglotrematidae and includes small spiny egg shaped digenetic trematodes including one (T. salmincola) that transmits the causative agent of salmon poisoning * * *… … Medical dictionary
troglotrema — ˌträglə.ˈtrēmə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from troglo + trema : a genus (the type of the family Troglotrematidae) of small spiny egg shaped digenetic trematodes including a worm (T. salmincola) responsible for salmon poisoning… … Useful english dictionary
Nanophyetus salmincola — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa (unranked) … Wikipedia
Nanophyetus salmincola — A digenetic fish borne fluke (family Nanophyetidae) of dogs and other fish eating mammals; the vector of Neorickettsia helmintheca, the agent of salmon poisoning. SYN: Troglotrema salmincola … Medical dictionary
salmon poisoning — a form of poisoning in dogs, other carnivores, and occasionally humans, commonly in the Pacific Northwest, from eating raw fish, especially salmon and trout, that are parasitized by the fluke Troglotrema salmincola, which serves as a vector for… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Goniobasis — Go·nio·ba·sis (go″ne o baґsis) a genus of small fresh water snails of the family Pleuroceridae. G. siliґcula is a species found in the northwestern United States that acts as a host for the fluke Troglotrema salmincola … Medical dictionary
salmon poisoning — noun also salmon disease : a highly fatal febrile disease of dogs and various other fish eating mammals that resembles canine distemper and is thought due to a rickettsia transmitted by encysted larvae of a fluke (Troglotrema salmincola) ingested … Useful english dictionary
