Abstract
A helminthological survey revealed the following helminths in waterfowl in Kanagawa Prefecture. Trematodes: Clinostomum complanatum, Metagonimus yokogawai, Aphargostrigea ardeolina, Echinostoma fulicae, E. miyagawai, Echinophariphium recurvatum, Posilorchis seekhphari, Cotylurus flabelliformis, C. japonicus, Apatemon faligula, A. gracilis, Tracheophilus sisowi, Trichobilharzia brevis, Notocotylus pacifer, Cercarioides aharonii, Aephallus sp., Ophiosoma sp., Pegosomum sp., Tracheophilus sp., Nematodes: Porrocaecum angusticolle, P.reticulatum, Contracaecum rudolphi, C. microcephalium, Synhimantus groffi, S. invaginatus, Mirotetrameres sp., Cestodes: Tetrabothrius cylindraceus, Liga sp., and Ancanthocepha: Centrorhynchus elongates, porrorchis elongatus. Among the observed parasites, only M. yokogawai, T. brevis, E. recurvatum, and C. complanatum were implicated as zoonotic.
