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ISSN (Print) 0023-4001 ISSN (Online) 1738-0006 CASE REPORT Korean J Parasitol Vol. 54, No. 5: 659-665, October 2016 https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.5.659 A Case of Chaunocephalosis by Chaunocephalus ferox (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in an Oriental White Stork, Ciconia boyciana, in Korea Seongjun Choe 1, Dongmin Lee 1, Hansol Park 1, Hyeong-Kyu Jeon 1, Youngsun Lee 2, Ki-Jeong Na 2, 3, Shi-Ryong Park 4, Keeseon S. Eom 1, * 1 Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute and Parasite Resource Bank, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea; 2 The Wildlife Center of Chungbuk, Cheongju 28116, Korea; 3 College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea; 4 Korea Institute of Oriental White Stork Rehabilitation Research, Korea National University of Education, Cheongju 28173, Korea Abstract: We intended to describe a case of chaunocephalosis and morphological characteristics of its causative agent, Chaunocephalus ferox, recovered from an oriental white stork, Ciconia boyciana, in the Republic of Korea. An oriental white stork was referred to the Wildlife Center of Chungbuk in Korea in February 2014 for severe depression with cachexia and it died the next day. At necropsy, the stomach was severely expanded and 7 thick-walled nodules were observed in the upper part of the intestine. Although the stomach was filled with full of foreign materials, the intestine was almost empty. The nodules were globular and total 9 flukes were recovered. They were 8,030-8,091 µm in length and 3,318-3,333 µm in maximum width. Because the flukes had bulbous forebody with short narrow subcylindrical hindbody, 27 collar spines, and vitelline follicles not reaching to the posterior end, the specimens were identified as being C. ferox. The cyst formation induced thickening of the intestinal wall with narrowing of the lumen that could have contributed to the gastric impaction to the death of the host. This is the first described case of chaunocephalosis and its causative agent C. ferox found from an oriental white stork in Korea. Key words: Chaunocephalus ferox, Ciconia boyciana, chaunocephalosis, gastric impaction INTRODUCTION The oriental white stork, Ciconia boyciana, is a large bird found in Eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, and Taiwan. Although this avian species has been originally inhabited in the Korean Peninsula, its population has been rapidly declined. It is believed that all breeding populations in Korea became extinct in the 1970s. At present, there are only small wintering populations that are found irregularly at various locations in Korea, including Cheonsu-man ( man means bay ), Haenam-gun (county), Suncheon-man, the estuary of Nakdong-gang ( gang means river ), and Jeju-do (province) [1,2]. Because of its small global population, the oriental white stork is listed as an endangered species on the Red List of Received 16 December 2015, revised 3 June 2016, accepted 20 July 2016. * Corresponding author (kseom@chungbuk.ac.kr) 2016, Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Its population is estimated to consist of 1,000 to 2,499 mature individuals in the world. These numbers are decreasing. In Korea, the stork is protected by the government, and the Korea Institute of Oriental White Stork Rehabilitation Research (KIOWSRR) was established in 1996 to restore the breeding populations in Korea [2,3]. Chaunocephalosis is an infection of echinostomatid flukes that belong to the genus Chaunocephalus. These flukes induce granulomatous nodules on the intestinal wall in which they then live. The ciconiform birds, including the African openbilled stork (Anastomu lamelligerus), Asian open-billed stork (Anastomus oscitans), oriental white stork (C. boyciana), white stork (Ciconia ciconia), maguari stork (Ciconia maguari), black stork (Ciconia nigra), and black-necked stork (Xenrhynchus asiaticus) are known to be the main definitive hosts for these echinostomes [4-6]. Chaunocephalus ferox is the type species of the genus. The first pathological report of this fluke infection was recorded by Patnaik et al. in 1969 [7]. Since then, several reports on the path- 659

660 Korean J Parasitol Vol. 54, No. 5: 659-665, October 2016 ological findings of this fluke infection in different hosts and localities have been published [8-12]. Despite the differences in hosts and locations, all reported cases have similar histopathological features, including traumatic destruction of tissues with hemorrhages, inflammatory cell infiltrations, and thickening of the intestinal wall due to fibrosis [7-12]. The infected birds exhibit diarrhea, listlessness, and loss of appetite before dying [7-12]. This fluke infection has been reported in both captive and wild stork populations and constitutes a serious health concern in terms of the management of these birds. However, chaunocephalosis and its causative agent were not reported before in Korea. Therefore, we intended to describe a case of chaunocephalosis and morphological characteristics of its causative agent, C. ferox, recovered from an oriental white stork, C. boyciana, in the Republic of Korea. CASE RECORD An 11-year-old oriental white stork was referred to the Wildlife Center of Chungbuk (WCC) from KIOWSRR for the treatment in February 2014. The bird was an adult female with a A B C D Fig. 1. Chaunocephalus ferox in an oriental white stork (Ciconia boyciana). (A) The stomach filled with dark-brown colored foreign materials and intact sardines. (B) A cyst on the intestinal wall. (C) The cyst opened into the lumen of the intestine via a perforation in the mucosal lining. (D) C. ferox recovered from the cyst. Four mature specimens with a young adult worm.

Choe et al.: Chaunocephalus ferox infection in an oriental white stork, Korea 661 weight of 3.05 kg and showed severe depression accompanied by cachexia. However, the bird died the next day. To determine the cause of death, a post-mortem examination was performed and then all of the organs inside the abdominal cavities were observed. The stomach was severely expanded and filled with dark-brown colored foreign materials, including ground grass and intact sardines (Fig. 1A). The intestine was pale red in color and its insides were almost empty. The intestine was observed to bear 7 small nodules that measured 5-8 mm in diameter (Fig. 1B). The nodules had a thick wall and globular shape. They were much lighter than the normal intestinal surface. Each nodule was opened to the intestinal lumen via a perforation in the mucosal surface. The nodules contained flukes, whose posterior parts protruded from the nodule into the intestinal lumen (Fig. 1C). To collect the flukes, a small incision was made on the outer surface of the nodules and the nodules were squeezed until the flukes were expelled. The recovered worms were counted and transferred into 0.9% saline. In total, 5 adult and 4 young adult flukes were collected from the intestine (Fig. 1D). Three of the adult worms were subjected to morphological examinations. They were pressed under a cover glass with 10% formalin, stained with Semichon s acetocarmine, and observed under light microscopy. All other worms were stored in 70% Table 1. Morphometric data of Chaunocephalus ferox (μm) Chaunocephalus ferox Present study Chaunocephalus ferox Dietz, 1909 Chaunocephalus ferox Rai, 1963 Chaunocephalus ferox orientalis Bashkirova, 1941 BL 8,030-8,091 5,500-8,000 4,685-8,571 3,150-7,240 BWE 3,318-3,333 1,870-2,290 1,299-3,485 700-880 BWO 1,095-1,427 799-1,657 440-920 CL 258-273 219-439 CW 447-455 353-754 340-600 NCS 27 27 27 27 ASp 150-174 160-185 46-148 121-165 LSp 87-107 112-125 a 56-118 77-121 a DSp 85-123 44-105 OSL 136-167 130-150 b 115-231 110-176 b OSW 152-167 115-297 PL 106 27 26-75 44-45 PHL 167 220 141-300 143-176 PHW 121-152 170 116-360 110-130 ESL 3,636-4,121 1,656-3,771 CSL 179 118-198 154-165 CSW 138 52-105 121-132 SVL 154 SVW 77 VSL 621-636 430-530 b 334-517 440-462 VSW 561-576 334-517 440-592 OVL 455-530 310-370 b 183-450 165-385 OVW 500-530 200-467 MEL 431-689 39-132 MEW 590-787 99-132 ATL 326-394 300 141-400 220-330 ATW 212-242 240 167-417 198-383 PTL 273-409 167-334 PTW 212-303 200-334 EL 79-92 (84) c 88-92 52-82 77-99 EW 45-55 (50) c 53-57 39-56 43-55 FO 4,227-4,818 U 129-652 T 1,424-1,485 330-605 a Both of lateral and dorsal spines; b Diameter; c N=30.

662 Korean J Parasitol Vol. 54, No. 5: 659-665, October 2016 ethyl alcohol. The mounted worms underwent morphological examinations under a light microscope. The various structures of the worms were measured using a micrometer. The worms then underwent morphometric measurements according to the method described by Kostadinova [13]. Various structures of the worms were observed under a light microscope and measured. Abbreviations used in the present study are as follows: BL: body length; BWE: body width at mid-level of esophagus; BWO: body width at ovary; CL: collar length; CW: collar width; NCS: number of collar spine; ASp: angle spine length; LSp: lateral spine length; DSp: dorsal spine length; OSL: oral sucker length; OSW: oral sucker width; PL: prepharynx length; PHL: pharynx length; PHW: pharynx width; ESL: esophagus length; CSL: cirrus sac length; CSW: cirrus sac width; SVL: seminal vesicle length; SVW: seminal vesicle width; VSL: ventral sucker length; VSW: ventral sucker width; OVL: ovary length; OVW: ovary width; MEL: Mehlis gland length; MEW: Mehlis gland width; ATL: anterior testis length; ATW: anterior testis width; PTL: posterior testis length; PTW: posterior testis width; EL: egg length; EW: egg width; FO: forebody length (distance from the anterior end to the anterior margin of the ventral sucker); U: uterine field length (distance from the anterior margin of the ovary to the posterior margin of the ventral sucker); and T: post-testicular field length. The specimens studied are deposit- B C A D Fig. 2. Morphological features of mature adult Chaunocephalus ferox found in an oriental white stork. (A) Depiction of the whole body. (B) Head region showing a well-developed collar with 27 collar spines around the oral sucker. (C) Terminal genitalia. (D) The chambered excretory vesicle with a uroproct.

Choe et al.: Chaunocephalus ferox infection in an oriental white stork, Korea 663 ed in the National Institute of Biological Resources in Korea (NIBR). NIBR specimen numbers are KOSPIV0000221889 and KOSPIV0000221890. Since 1 of the 3 adult worms was broken, the present case report presents the morphological findings of the remaining 2 adult worms. Morphometric measurements of their features are provided in Table 1. In both worms, the body was anteriorly bulbous, with maximum width at mid-level of esophagus (BWE/BL=41%). The posterior body was subcylindrical, with maximum width at ovary level (BWO/BL=14-18%). The head was small and had a well-developed collar. The collar was reniform and armed with 27 collar spines. The spines were composed of 4 pairs of angle spines, 4 pairs of lateral spines, and 11 dorsal spines. The angle spines were large, the lateral spines were small, and the dorsal spines were aligned in double rows. The oral sucker was spherical and well developed. The prepharynx was short. The pharynx was muscular, short, and stout. The neck region was bulbous and filled with vitelline follicles. The esophageal region was very long and seemed to expand widely (ESL/BL=45-51%); however, the vitelline follicles made it difficult to observe the esophageal region properly. The intestine was bifurcated at the end of the bulbous region of the neck. The cirrus sac was small, oval shaped, and located between the intestinal bifurcation and ventral sucker. The seminal vesicle lay in the cirrus sac and was connected to the short pars prostatica. The genital pore was located slightly posterior to the intestinal bifurcation. The ventral sucker was spherical and larger than the oral sucker. The ovary was also spherical and bigger than the testes. It was located on the dextral region of and behind the ventral sucker. The uterus was filled with numerous eggs; it ran along the sinistral side of the body and was connected to the genital pore (U/BL= 1-8%). The metraterm was thick, well developed, and muscular. It was longer than cirrus sac. The eggs were yellowish brown and oval shaped. The testes were aligned transversely, were similar in size, were spherical, and reached the posterior margin of the Mehlis gland. Mehlis gland was slightly smaller than ovary and was located median region between ovary and testes. The vitelline reservoir was located at the Mehlis gland region and connected to both sides. Vitelline follicles were situated near the Mehlis gland and were distributed along both sides to the posterior margin of the pharynx and behind the testes region, although they never reached the end. They were densely distributed in the anterior bulbous region but became fewer towards the posterior end. The vitelline follicles between the ventral sucker and Mehlis gland region were obscure but appeared as duct-like structures on each side of the body and then densely redistributed behind the testes. The excretory vesicle was well developed and formed several chambers. The intestines connected to the excretory vesicle at the posterior end of the body and formed a uroproct and the opening situated at terminal of posterior end (Fig. 2). DISCUSSION The genus Chaunocephalus is a group of echinostomatid flukes having a bulbous forebody, a short narrow subcylindrical hindbody, and a long esophagus as distinct morphological characteristics. This fluke group is also known to be armed with 25, 27, or 29 collar spines [13]. The recovered worms in the present study were morphologically coincided with the aforementioned characteristics of genus Chaunocephalus with 27 collar spines, which consisted of 4 larger angle spines in each corner and 19 smaller spines on the dorsal and lateral regions. As the members of the genus Chaunocephalus with 27 collar spines, total 4 species and 1 subspecies, i.e., C. ferox (Rudolphi, 1795) Dietz, 1910; C. gerardi Gedoelst, 1913; C. similiferox Verma, 1936; C. sinensis Ku et al., 1974, and C. ferox orientalis Bashkirova, 1941, were reported in the past [4,14]. Mendheim [15] previously suggested that C. similiferox is a synonym of C. ferox. However, Skrjabin and Bashkirova [4], who developed keys to the species, did not agree; instead, they thought that C. similiferox can be distinguished from C. ferox on the basis that it has a uroproct and C. ferox does not. However, both Odhner [16] and Travassos [17] reported that C. ferox has a uroproct. This notion was supported by Yamaguti [6]. A uroproct was also observed in the worms that were examined in the present study. When Rai [18] assessed the morphology of the parasites collected from Neophron percnopterus and A. oscitans, they concluded that Mendheim was correct and that C. similiferox and C. gerardi are synonyms of C. ferox. Another author considered C. ferox orientalis to be a synonym of C. ferox [5]. Only 1 other species that armed with 27 collar spines, C. sinensis, which is found only in China, is thought to be a valid species [14]. Thus, of the 4 postulated species of Chaunocephalus with 27 spines, there appears to be only 2 true species. Our specimens generally bore the morphological characteristics and measurements of C. ferox. While the widths of the body and ventral sucker of our worms were larger than the

664 Korean J Parasitol Vol. 54, No. 5: 659-665, October 2016 widths described by Dietz [19], this disparity could reflect variations in the amount of pressure placed on the worms when preparing the slide specimens. Indeed, our measurements are similar to those of Rai [18]. On the other hand, whereas the vitelline follicles are arranged transversely and distributed to the posterior extremity in C. sinensis [14], they never reached the posterior end of our specimens. Therefore, we validly concluded that our worms are identical to C. ferox based on the morphological characteristics and taxonomic circumstance. Poonswad et al. [8] and Patnaik et al. [7] suggest that the pathogenicity of C. ferox depends on the number of mature worms and large adults, respectively. In our case, the whole intestine had only 7 nodules, from which we retrieved 9 worms. Moreover, of the 9 worms, 5 were immature or young adult worms. Thus, the infection in our case was relatively minor compared with that in previously reported cases [7-12]. However, we did observe thickening of the intestinal wall that might acted as a risk factor for intestinal obstruction and gastric impaction. Han et al. [20] reported that gizzard impaction is a relatively common problem in captive oriental white storks in Korea. They speculated that the cause of the impaction is unnoticed factors in the breeding cage suggesting that storks cannot digest grass and that its accumulation is the main cause of the impaction [20]. In the present case, the gizzard impaction seems associated with the presence of intestinal nodules containing C. ferox flukes. The fact that we detected immature worms in our case suggests that the infection occurred in the rehabilitation center. The dead stork was 11 years old and had been maintained in KIOWSRR for several years. This means that the life cycle of C. ferox flukes in our case was almost certainly completed in Korea. However, at present, the source of infection is still unknown. Yanchev and Bozhkov [21] found 5 mature C. ferox orientalis in white storks that had been fed the spinal cords of Pelophylax ridibundus ( = Rana ridibunda) that contained Tylodelphis rhachiaea metacercariae. They speculated that the C. ferox orientalis flukes arose from natural infection of either the frogs or storks [25]. Whereas, Patnaik et al. [7] noted that their C. ferox-infected A. oscitans cases in Nandankanan Zoo had been maintained on a snail diet. In other case, Poonswad et al. [8] found snails in the esophagus and stomach of their wild C. ferox-infected A. oscitans. All storks raised in KIOWSRR are generally fed loaches, sardines, chicks, and insects (and sometimes also the Asian swamp eel Monopterus albus and Japanese eel Anguilla japonica). They were raised in big outdoor cages with small ponds and living snail hosts. Although we did not confirm the source of infection in the present study, it could be findable in the cages or provided preys. Further studies on the metacercariae of C. ferox will be helpful for preventing chaunocephalosis and improving the health management of storks in rehabilitation centers. In addition, as mentioned by Höfle et al. [9], the storks in the rehabilitation project may need routine examination for C. ferox infection using the fecal sedimentation technique. In conclusion, this report describes the first case of chaunocephalosis from an oriental white stork, C. boyciana in Korea. The fluke C. ferox was identified based on morphological observations. In addition, the present case showed that C. ferox could kill its host by inducing gastric impaction, even if the host was infected with only a small number of flukes. 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