Parasites of livestock in Asir Province, southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Thirteen parasite species, three trematodes, five cestodes, one nematode, and four arthropods, have been reported in livestock in Asir, southwestern Saudi Arabia. The occurrence of Dicrocoelium dendriticum in imported sheep and Paramphistomum cervi in indigenous cattle is recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia.
Nasher
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Department of Biology, King Saud University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006041:Goats; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal; D015995:Prevalence; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*