Thelazia gulosa Railliet & Henry, 1910 and T. skrjabini Erschow, 1928 infection in southern Europe (Italy).
The occurrence of Thelazia gulosa and T. skrjabini in cattle in Italy, together with an update of the prevalence of Thelazia spp. in the southern Italy, is reported. On 764 slaughtered native cattle, fifty-five (7.2%) bovines were infected by Thelazia spp: T. rhodesi was found in 44 (80%) animals, T. gulosa was found in 19 (34.5%) cattle and only one (1.8%) cattle harboured T. skrjabini. This is the first report of T. gulosa and T. skrjabini in Southern Europe.
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Dipartimento di Strutture, Funzioni, Patologie degli animali e Biotecnologie, Università di Teramo, Italy. giangaspero@imi.vet.unite.it
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D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013802:Thelazioidea / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification