studied on amoebotaenia sphenoides
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1963
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DUVASU
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In the present study, a survey was carried out for a period of two years from Jan 2005 to Dec 2006 on the prevalence and pathology associated with the cestode Amoebotaenia sphenoides in a sample size of 478 birds collected from different localities of Kashmir valley, India. The overall prevalence rate of the cestode was found to be 6.69% (32/478) and annual occurrence rates of 6.8% (16/233) and 6.5% (16/245) were respectively reported for the 1st and 2nd years of study. Histopathological sections revealed the scolices burrowing deep into the mucosa and at the site of infection, the disintegration of epithelium and glands and infiltration of mononuclear cell was prominent.
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