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Intestinal cestode Choanotaenia infundibulum in chicken
2014
Erwanas A. I. | Chandrawathani P. | Lily Rozita M. H. | Premaalatha B. | Jamnah O. | Ramlan M.
A case of a cestode parasite (Choanotaenia infundibulum) egg wasfound in the intestine of chicken which was sent to the Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh in February 2014 for post-mortem. Other parasites found in the intestine were adult tapeworm and oocyst ofcoccidia. The examination of the chicken intestine for helminth ova was undertaken using direct examination of a simple wet smear of the intestinal content which was observed under compound microscope.The cestode parasite was identified based on helminthological keys by Soulsby, 1982.
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