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On the Morphology and Life History of Fasciola nyanzae Leiper, 1910 from the Hippopotamus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. A. Dinnik  and
N. N. Dinnik
J. A. Dinnik
Affiliation:
East African Veterinary Organization, Muguga, Kenya
N. N. Dinnik
Affiliation:
East African Veterinary Organization, Muguga, Kenya
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A half a century ago, R. T. Leiper described a new species belonging to the genus Fasciola from specimens which he collected from hippopotami at the Murchison Falls, on the Victoria Nile in Uganda, in the summer of 1907. This species, Fasciola nyanzae, was found in the bile ducts of the liver, and in most instances the specimens were somewhat macerated owing to the length of time that had elapsed before the animal could be recovered from the water. Nevertheless, the characteristic shape of these liver flukes and the restriction of the branched testes to the anterior third of the body made it possible to recognise them as being different from all other species of the genus known at that time.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 35 , supplement S1 , April 1961 , pp. 53 - 62
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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