Atypical specimens of helminth parasites (Anoplocephala perfoliata and Thelazia lacrymalis) of horses in Kentucky, USA

Authors
Bair, HD Lyons, ET Swerczek, TW Tolliver, SC
Citation
Hd. Bair et al., Atypical specimens of helminth parasites (Anoplocephala perfoliata and Thelazia lacrymalis) of horses in Kentucky, USA, COMP PARASI, 67(2), 2000, pp. 258-260
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY
ISSN journal
15252647 → ACNP
Volume
67
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
258 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
1525-2647(200007)67:2<258:ASOHP(>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
During a survey of internal parasites in horses at necropsy at a diagnostic laboratory in Kentucky, U.S.A., in 1998, atypical specimens of 2 species w ere found. Two specimens of the cecal tapeworm, Anoplocephla perfoliata, we re fused at the midportion of each individual. One eyeworm, Thelazia lacrym alis had 3 rather than the normal 2 uteri.