Concurrent infection of Gnathostoma spinigerum and Ancylostoma braziliense in a tigress
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2007
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Abstract
Postmortem examination of a l9 years old female tiger in the Vandaloor Zoo, Chennai,
revealed three nodules with worms protruding in the serosal surface of stomach towards
pylorus. The nematode was identified as Gmllhosloma spinigerum. There was one big and two
small nodules with four worms opening at the mucosal surface of stomach. Large number of
worms (473 worms with a sex ratio of 1:3) were also collected from small intestine. They were
identified as Ancylostoma braziliense.
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TNV_JVP_2007_21(2)191-192
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Veterinary Science