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Capillaria infections of pigs: Description of C. papuensis sp. n. and the pathology of natural infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. W. Copland
J. W. Copland
Affiliation:
Central Veternary Laboratory, P.O. Box 6372, Boroko, Papua New Guinea
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Abstract

Capillaria papuensis sp. nov. is described from specimens collected from the gastro-intestinal systems of 14 pigs from two villages in Papua New Guinea. It differs from C.gastrosuis and C. suis in the number and location of papillae in the vulval region, the sculptured surface of the eggs, a sub-terminal anus in the female and in the length of the spicule and bilateral caudal alae in the male. The species inhabits the epithelium of the tongue, where clusters of eggs move towards the surface with the growth of the epithelium and are subsequently swallowed. The pathological changes in the infected epithelium are minimal. The prepatent period is approximately eight weeks.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , September 1975 , pp. 187 - 190
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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