Bulletin of Faculty of Health Sciences Okayama University Medical School
Published by Faculty of Health Sciences Okayama University Medical School <Formerly known as>
岡山大学医療技術短期大学部紀要 (1巻-9巻)
Pharyngostomum cordatum in domestic cats in Fukuyama District, Hiroshima Prefecture
Tongu, Yasumasa
Saito, Tetsuro
Published Date
1992-02-05
Abstract
1) Pharyngostomum cordatum eggs were detected from 32 domestic cats (1.1%) out of 3,000 examined in Fukuyama District, Hiroshima Prefecture, during the period from 1971 to 1982. 2) Spirometra erinacei was also parasitized at a high rate of 78% in the cats infected with P. cordatum. 3) No relation was found between the infected cats and thier sex, age, or species.
Keywords
Pharyngostomum cordatum
cat helminth
Fukuyama District
infective ratio
ISSN
0917-4494
NCID
AN10355371
NAID
JaLCDOI