Incidence of Stilesia globipunctata in sheep* Sreedevi C.1, Murthy G.S.S.1, Annapurna P.2 1Department of Parasitology, N.T.R. College of Veterinary Science, Gannavaram-521 102, India 2Department of Pathology, N.T.R. College of Veterinary Science, Gannavaram-521 102, India *The article was presented in the XIV National Congress of Veterinary Parasitology held at Nagpur from 15–17 October, 2003 Abstract On necropsy of three sheep having a history of inappetence, rapid loss of weight, progressive dehydration, dark mucoid diarrhoea followed by death, lenticular shaped nodules measuring 5–6 mm in diameter on the mucosa of duodenum were observed. A number of adults and few immature worms were present and identified as Stilesia globipunctata based on the morphological features. Top Keywords Stilesia globipunctata, Cestode, Sheep. Top |