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Adult worms of a ‘Dipetalonema’ sp. from the dermis of cattle in the Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

M. B. Mustafa ,
L. F. Khalil  and
A. E. Bianco
M. B. Mustafa
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medical Helminthology, Winches Farm Field Station, 395 Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Herts AL4 OXQ, UK
L. F. Khalil
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medical Helminthology, Winches Farm Field Station, 395 Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Herts AL4 OXQ, UK
A. E. Bianco
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medical Helminthology, Winches Farm Field Station, 395 Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Herts AL4 OXQ, UK
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Adult worms of a filarial parasite have been found during a survey of cattle at Wau Municipal Abbatoir, Bahr El Ghazal Province, Sudan. Two intact male worms were recovered but no females have been encountered as yet. Both worms were found within intradermal tissues at the umbilicus, and came from separate animals of the longhorned variety of indigenous Zebu cattle, Bos indicus. They were unencapsulated in the tissues from which they were isolated by dissection, fixed in 10% (v/v) formal saline and examined by phase microscopy. Dimensions were calculated from camera lucida drawings and are given as mean values for the two specimens.

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Research Note
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , December 1985 , pp. 361 - 362
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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