A case report : dipetalonema evansi (Lewis, 1882) in a camel
2002
Turkutanit, S.S. | Eren, H. | Durukan, A. ( University of Adnan Menderes Aydin (Iran). Department Pathology and Parasitology)
Dipetalonema evansi is a filarial nematode in camels. It develops in the heart and in hepatic, pulmonary and spermatic arteries as well as in lymph nodes and lymph vessels. The males are 7.5-8.0 cm long and the females 14 - 21.5cm. the microfilariae are 200-315 mu m long and occur in the peripheral blood. The vectors are mosquitoes of the genus of Aedes. Light infections are inapparent. However, the symptoms in severe infections are cachexia, sometimes orchitis, apathy and nervous manifestations. The presence of Dipetalonema evansi has been reported in camels in Southern Iran and Shiraz Province as 17.5% and 28.1% respectively.
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