Capillaria hepatica IN SMALL MAMMALS COLLECTED FROM SHOA PROVINCE, ETHIOPIA

A. FARHANG-AZAD; D. A. SCHLITTER

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-14.3.358

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1 July 1978 Capillaria hepatica IN SMALL MAMMALS COLLECTED FROM SHOA PROVINCE, ETHIOPIA

A. FARHANG-AZAD, D. A. SCHLITTER

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 14(3):358-361 (1978). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.3.358

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A total of 1,110 small mammals has been examined for Capillaria hepatica in Shoa Province, Ethiopia. Nineteen of 308 (6.2%) Rattus rattus and 1 of 212 (0.5%) Praomys albipes were infected. The data indicate that C. hepatica was essentially limited to commensal rats (R. rattus).

FARHANG-AZAD and SCHLITTER: Capillaria hepatica IN SMALL MAMMALS COLLECTED FROM SHOA PROVINCE, ETHIOPIA

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A. FARHANG-AZAD and D. A. SCHLITTER "Capillaria hepatica IN SMALL MAMMALS COLLECTED FROM SHOA PROVINCE, ETHIOPIA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 14(3), 358-361, (1 July 1978). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.3.358

Received: 28 October 1977; Published: 1 July 1978

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