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On Filaria martis Gmelin, 1790, Newly Recorded from the Leopard with the Description of a New Species of the Genus Filaria Mueller, 1787

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

G. Tadros
G. Tadros
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, London Schoool of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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1. Four worms were recovered from the subcutaneous connective tissue of a leopard. Of these two males and one female were identified as Filaria martis Gmelin, 1790 with the measurements given and a female described as a new species under the name Filaria russelli.

2. This finding is the first record of the genus Filaria Mueller, 1787 in a leopard.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 38 , Issue 1-2 , June 1964 , pp. 125 - 128
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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