title: Muellerius capillaris in north-east Zaire: prevalence in sheep and goats and determination of intermediate hosts.
abstract: Muellerius capillaris was the only species of nematode recovered from the lungs of young and adult sheep and goats of north-east Zaire. The prevalences were of 19% (sheep) and 32% (goats). The slug Atoxon pallens contained larvae in natural conditions and represents a potential intermediate host. The land snails Achatinidae (Achatina stuhlmanni and Limicolaria spp.) could not be experimentally infected with M. capillaris larvae.
authors.affiliation: INRA, Station de pathologie aviaire et Parasitologie, Monnaie, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cabaret
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chartier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D004199:Disease Vectors; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006041:Goats; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008974:Mollusca / Q000469:parasitology; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015995:Prevalence; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology