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On a monostome parasite of Indian domestic fowl with remarks on the genus Notocotylus Diesing, 1839

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Dharmendra Nath
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, U.P. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Mathura, U.P.India
B. P. Pande
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, U.P. College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Mathura, U.P.India

Extract

Notocotylus is reported in Indian domestic fowl and the specimen assigned to the species N. attenuatus. The literature on this monostome genus is briefly reviewed and need for an examination of type specimens of some of its species is stressed.

Thanks are due to the Principal of the college for facilities provided and to the head of the Zoology Department, Lucknow University, for loan of some literature.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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