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Name: Latin: ollula = small cups; tri = three; cuspis = spike, thorn; sus = pig; Skrjabin = Russian helminthologist. Eng-lish: stomach worms.
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Geographic distribution/epidemiology: Worldwide in foxes and cats (= O. tric-uspis), pigs (= O. suis, O. skrjabini).
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Morphology/life cycle: The adult Ollulanus worms are very small and reach mostly only a length of about 1 mm. They live in the mucous layer of the stomach where females give birth to motile larvae 3, which are set free occasionally by vomiting or reach maturity still in the same host.
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Symptoms of disease (Ollulanosis): Vomiting, gastritis, loss of appetite and of weight, weakness.
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Diagnosis: Microscopical demonstration of adult or larval worm stages in vomited material or within endoscopically obtained wall material of the stomach. In case of diarrheas, larvae may also occur in feces. Vomiting may be introduced by oral application of emetics (Figs. 1 and 2).
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Cecchi R et al (2006) Demonstration of Ollulanus tricuspis in the stomach of domestic cats in biopsy. J Comp Path 134:374–377
Schuster RK et al (2009) The parasite fauna of stray domestic cats (Felis catus) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Parasitol Res 105:125–134
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Ollulanus Species. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_2198
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