title: Scanning electron microscope and histological studies of rare triradiate forms of Taenia pisiformis from dogs in Cairo.
abstract: Of 5,404 domestic dogs examined for normal and abnormal Taenia pisiformis in Cairo, Egypt, one dog contained 3 triradiate specimens while 3,569 harboured one or more normal cestodes. The study revealed a ratio of one triradiate to 5,620 normal adult worms in the parasite population and a prevalence of 0.02% for the triradiate forms. Polyradiate forms are far less common in this large survey than has been indicated in previous reports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Rashed
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Whitfield
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D013621:Taenia / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*