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What Canadian parasite is this? The shape of the testes (red) and the position of the vitellaria (lateral smudges) should help you. It can produce a hepatitis and pancreatitis.
Diagnosis:
This is Metorchis conjunctus an Opisthorchid, as is OpistorchisÌý²¹²Ô»åÌý°ä±ô´Ç²Ô´Ç°ù³¦³ó¾±²õ. Infection is acquired by eating an uncooked fish, the common sucker Catostomus commersoni, and has been found to infect aboriginal communities from Saskatchewan to Quebec. (ref. Lancet 1996)
