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Intestinal Infestation of Turkey Poults with Plagiorchis (Multiglandularis) megalorchis Rees, 1952 and an Experimental Study of its Life-Cycle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

F. T. W. Jordan
F. T. W. Jordan
Affiliation:
Veterinary Investigation Centre, Aberystwyth
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1. Heavy intestinal infestation with Plagiorchis (M.) megalorchis Rees, 1952, in four two-week old turkey poults is described. This was presumably the cause of death in the four poults and possibly of nine other birds of the same hatch.

2. The epizootiology of the condition is described.

3. The life-cycle of the parasite has been investigated, using turkey poults as the definitive host.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 27 , Issue 1-2 , August 1953 , pp. 75 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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References

Foggie, A., 1937.—“An outbreak of parasitic necrosis in turkeys caused by Plagiorchis laricoia (Skrjabin),” J. Helminth., 15, 35–36. (W.L. 11224b.)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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