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A new genus of Nematodes, parasitic in the pika

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

S. A. Akhtar
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kabul

Extract

Four specimens of the pika (Ochotona rufescens Gray) were captured, and on dissection three of them were found to be heavily infested with a Nematode worm in the large intestine.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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