[The occurrence of broncho-pulmonary nematodes in sheep from Emilia-Romagna].
In the present investigations 510 sheep have been examined for the presence of lungworm larvae: 342 (67,05%) of them proved positive. The identification of the parasites demonstrated the presence of Dyctiocaulus filaria in 18,62% of the examined animals, Muellerius capillaris in 50%, Cystocaulus ocreatus in 26,86% and Protostrongylus spp. in 12,35%. All positive flocks were positive for two or more genera of lungworms.
D000818:Animals; D004021:Dictyocaulus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D007558:Italy; D008681:Metastrongyloidea / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012756:Sheep / Q000469:parasitology*
Indagini sulla diffusione dei nematodi bronco-polmonari in ovini dell'Emilia-Romagna.