Helminths collected from the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) and the domestic pigeon (Columba livia) in Natal
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Le Roux, P.L.
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Pretoria : Government Printer and Stationery Office
Abstract
1. The domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) in Natal suffers heavily from verminous infestations.
2. Six species of nematodes and nine species of cestodes have been collected from the digestive tract of the fowl.
3. Three species of nematodes and two species of cestodes have been collected from the digestive tract of the domestic pigeon, which may succumb to heavy infestations.
4. D. crassula (Rud., 1819) Fuhrmann has armed suckers.
5. Chickens may he infected with A. sphenoides by feeding infected earthworms to them.
6. Agriolimas aegrestis is a local intermediate host of D. proglotina.
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Includes bibliographical references
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
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
Keywords
Veterinary reports, Veterinary medicine, Nematodes, Veterinary parasitology, Earthworms, Cestodes
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Citation
Le Roux, PL 1926, ‘Helminths collected from the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) and the domestic pigeon (Columba livia) in Natal', 11th and 12th Reports of the Director of Veterinary Education and Research Part 1, pp. 209-217.