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An interesting case of Cysticercus fasciolaris infesting the Brown Rat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

A. T. Hopwood
A. T. Hopwood
Affiliation:
Assistant in Zoology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
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Cysticercus Fasciolaris, the larval stage of the common tapeworm Taenia taeniaeformis (T. crassicolis), was recently found in great numbers in the liver of a brown rat. The rat measured 18 cm. in length and weighed about 275 g.; it was vigorous and apparently healthy when caught, but when killed and examined, its liver was found to be heavily infested with the cysticerci.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , April 1922 , pp. 14
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1922

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