Capillaria hepatica in small mammals collected from Shoa Province, Ethiopia.
A total of 1,110 small mammals has been examined for Capillaria hepatica in Shoa Province, Ethiopa. Nineteen of 308 (6.2%) Rattus rattus and 1 of 212 (0.5%) Praomys albipes were infected. The data indicate that C. hepatica was essentially limited to commensal rats (R. rattus).
D000818:Animals; D002195:Capillaria; D005002:Ethiopia; D051379:Mice; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*