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First record of the larval parasitic nematode Rhabditis orbitalis from Japanese wood mice (Apodemus spp.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

W. Sudhaus
Affiliation:
Institut für Zoologie der FU Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 1–3, 1000 Berlin 33, Germany
M. Asakawa
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582 Bunkyoudai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069, Japan

Abstract

Parasitic larvae of Rhabditis orbitalis (formerly confused with Pelodera strongyloides) were found in the conjunctival sacs of the eyes of Apodemus argenteus and A. speciosus from Japanese islands.

Type
Research Note
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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