First record of cestode Mathevotaenia erinacei Meggitt, 1920 from Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus in Basrah Province, Iraq

The present study was carried out on 35 specimens of long eared hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus Gmelin,1770 in several localities of Abu Al-Khasib district, Basrah province during the period from March to September, 2004.The intestine of hedgehog was removed and examined to searching for helminth pa...

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Main Author: Khalid J.K. AL-Zihiry
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Language:English
Published: University of Thi-Qar 2019-05-01
Series:مجلة علوم ذي قار
Online Access:https://www.jsci.utq.edu.iq/index.php/main/article/view/178
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description The present study was carried out on 35 specimens of long eared hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus Gmelin,1770 in several localities of Abu Al-Khasib district, Basrah province during the period from March to September, 2004.The intestine of hedgehog was removed and examined to searching for helminth parasites. One species of cestode were collected from 4(11.4 %) of examined animals . The isolated cestode was similar to original description of Mathevotaenia erinacei, therefore redescription and Comparison between two measurements were given. The present finding of this cestode represent its first Record in iraq.
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spelling doaj.art-f7f146c16c21437e8ace1969fb69072c2023-11-18T09:29:57ZengUniversity of Thi-Qarمجلة علوم ذي قار1991-86902709-02562019-05-0113First record of cestode Mathevotaenia erinacei Meggitt, 1920 from Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus in Basrah Province, Iraq Khalid J.K. AL-Zihiry0Department of Microbiology/College of Medicine /University of Thi-QarThe present study was carried out on 35 specimens of long eared hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus Gmelin,1770 in several localities of Abu Al-Khasib district, Basrah province during the period from March to September, 2004.The intestine of hedgehog was removed and examined to searching for helminth parasites. One species of cestode were collected from 4(11.4 %) of examined animals . The isolated cestode was similar to original description of Mathevotaenia erinacei, therefore redescription and Comparison between two measurements were given. The present finding of this cestode represent its first Record in iraq.https://www.jsci.utq.edu.iq/index.php/main/article/view/178
spellingShingle Khalid J.K. AL-Zihiry
First record of cestode Mathevotaenia erinacei Meggitt, 1920 from Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus in Basrah Province, Iraq
مجلة علوم ذي قار
title First record of cestode Mathevotaenia erinacei Meggitt, 1920 from Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus in Basrah Province, Iraq
title_full First record of cestode Mathevotaenia erinacei Meggitt, 1920 from Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus in Basrah Province, Iraq
title_fullStr First record of cestode Mathevotaenia erinacei Meggitt, 1920 from Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus in Basrah Province, Iraq
title_full_unstemmed First record of cestode Mathevotaenia erinacei Meggitt, 1920 from Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus in Basrah Province, Iraq
title_short First record of cestode Mathevotaenia erinacei Meggitt, 1920 from Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus in Basrah Province, Iraq
title_sort first record of cestode mathevotaenia erinacei meggitt 1920 from hedgehog hemiechinus auritus in basrah province iraq
url https://www.jsci.utq.edu.iq/index.php/main/article/view/178
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