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On the Occurrence of Oesophageal Worms, Streptocara crassicauda, in Ornamental Ducks in Hampshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

E. Boughton
E. Boughton
Affiliation:
Central Veterinary LaboratoryMinistry of Agriculture, Fisheries and FoodWeybridge, Surrey
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Deaths due to infection with Streptocara crassicauda (Creplin, 1829) occurred in three ornamental flocks of water fowl in Hampshire. On two occasions larvae of the worm were found in Gammarus sp. in the running water to which the flocks had access. Lesions were almost entirely in the oesophagus and pharynx, and death was usually due to necrosis, and consequent impaction, of the oesophagus It appears that the worm is capable of establishing itself in southern England.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 43 , Issue 3-4 , September 1969 , pp. 273 - 280
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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