Thelazia gulosa Railliet & Henry, 1910 and T. skrjabini Erschow, 1928 infection in Southern Europe (Italy)

The occurrence of Thelazia gulosa and T. skrjabini in cattle in Italy, together with an update of the prevalence of Thelazia spp. in the southern Italy, is reported. On 764 slaughtered native cattle, fifty-five (7.2 %) bovines were infected by Thelazia spp: T. rhodesi was found in 44 (80 %) animals,...

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Main Authors: Giangaspero A., Otranto D., Vovlas N., Puccini V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2000-12-01
Series:Parasite
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2000074327