Prevalence of Linguatula serrata infection in small ruminants in and around Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
2011
Vatsya, S. | Banerjee, P.S. | Yadav, C.L. | Rajeev Ranjan Kumar
Mesentries and mesenteric lymph nodes of 97 small ruminants (95 goats and 2 sheep) slaughtered at two slaughter houses Pantnagar and Rudrapur in Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand were examined for L. serrata nymphal stages from January 2005 to December 2005. The nymphal stages of L. serrata were recovered from MLNs but not from the mesenteries. An overall prevalence of 12.37% (11 goats and one sheep) was observed. The highest percent of infection (37.5) was recorded in September whereas no MLN was found infected with nymphal stages in May, June, July and December. The number of nymphal stages ranged from 2210. The MLN of sheep harbouring Downloaded from http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal the maximum number was grossly oedematous with ecchymotic haemorrhages.
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