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A Study on the Cestodes of Carnivores in the Northwest of Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

I. Mobedi
Affiliation:
Helminthology Section, School of Public Health, University of Teheran, P.O. Box 1310, Teheran, Iran
R. A. Bray
Affiliation:
Helminthology Section, School of Public Health, University of Teheran, P.O. Box 1310, Teheran, Iran
F. Arfaa
Affiliation:
Helminthology Section, School of Public Health, University of Teheran, P.O. Box 1310, Teheran, Iran
K. Movafag
Affiliation:
Helminthology Section, School of Public Health, University of Teheran, P.O. Box 1310, Teheran, Iran

Extract

A study of the intestines of 208 carnivores (red fox, wolf and cat) from three different regions of Azerbaijan, Iran, revealed 10 species of cestodes: Taenia polyacantha, Taenia endothoracica, Echinococcus tnultilocularis, Joyeuxiella echinorhynchoides and Mesocestoides lineatus were found in Vulpes vulpes; Taenia multiceps, Taenia hydatigena, Echinococcus granulosus and Dipylidium caninum in Canis lupus; Taenia taeniaeformis in Felis sp.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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