[Chaetotaxy of Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus cercaria (Trematoda, Paramphistomoidea) a horse parasite]

Ann Parasitol Hum Comp. 1986;61(3):289-96. doi: 10.1051/parasite/1986613289.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Cercarial chaetotaxy of Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus (Paramphistomoidea), parasite of the Horse, is described. Cercariae were shed by experimentally infected Bulinus forskalii. This description is the first one of a Gastrodiscidae. The cercarial chaetotaxy of the Gastrodiscidae is quite different from those of Paramphistomoidea and Diplodiscidae.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Horses / parasitology*
  • Paramphistomatidae / anatomy & histology*
  • Paramphistomatidae / growth & development
  • Paramphistomatidae / pathogenicity