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Cardiofilaria nilesi n.sp., Recovered from a Chicken Experimentally Infected with Infective Larvae from Mansonia crassipes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

A. S. Dissanaike
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo
M. Agnes Fernando
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo

Extract

Worms obtained from the peritoneal cavity of a chick experimentally infected with infective larvae from Mansonia crassipes are described as Cardiofilaria nilesi n.sp. Pseudaproctella is considered a synonym of Cardiofdaria. Strom, 1937 and Pseudaproctella andersoni var. major Chabaud, Brygoo and Richards, 1964 is named Cardiofdaria chabaudi n.sp.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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