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South African helminths. Part III. Some mammalian and avian cestodes

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Ortlepp, R.J.

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Pretoria : Government Printer

Abstract

The writer here describes eight new species of Cestodes, three from mammals and five from birds; the mammalian species are Inermicapsifer leporis sp. n. from a hare, Catenotaenia geosciuri sp. n. from a suricat. The avian species are Railiettina (Skrjabinia) deweti sp. n. from a guinea fowl, Schistometra korhaani sp. n. from a bustard, Onderstepoortia taeniaeformis gen. and sp. n. from a stone curlew, Cladotaenia freani sp. n. and Cladotaenia vulturi from birds of prey.

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The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.
Includes bibliographical references

Keywords

Birds -- Parasites, Mammals -- Parasites

Sustainable Development Goals

Citation

Ortlepp, RJ 1938, 'South African helminths Part III : some mammalian and avian cestodes’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 23-50