Natrix tessellata snake as a definitive host for the cestode Spirometra sp.

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Title:	Natrix tessellata snake as a definitive host for the cestode Spirometra sp.
Authors:	Yassir, Sulieman
Keywords:	Sudan Natrix tessellata Spirometra sp
Issue Date:	Dec-2019
Publisher:	Shendi University Journal of Applied Science
Series/Report no.:	2018 (2);41−43
Abstract:	Life cycle of the cestode Spirometra spp. required a fresh water Cyclops spp. as the first intermediate host and to amphibians, reptiles, birds or mammals as the second intermediate and paratenic hosts. While carnivores mammals serve as the definitive hosts. In this case report and for the first time in the River Nile State of Sudan, the snake Natrix tessellata was found to be the definitive host for Spirometra sp.
Description:	Life cycle of the cestode Spirometra spp. required a fresh water Cyclops spp. as the first intermediate host and to amphibians, reptiles, birds or mammals as the second intermediate and paratenic hosts. While carnivores mammals serve as the definitive hosts. In this case report and for the first time in the River Nile State of Sudan, the snake Natrix tessellata was found to be the definitive host for Spirometra sp.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1000
ISSN:	1858-9022
Appears in Collections:	العدد الثاني ISSUE (2)

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