Camelostrongylus mentulatus in domestic goats from the Iberian Peninsula.
Two male worms of Camelostrongylus mentulatus were found in one of 84 murciano-granadina goats in Murcia, south-eastern Spain. This is the first report of C. mentulatus in goats in the Iberian peninsula and the possible origin and transmission of this nematode in Spain are discussed.
Ruiz de Ybáñez
M R
MR
Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Departamento Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain. rocio@um.es
Garijo
M M
MM
Carpintero
M
M
Martínez-Carrasco
C
C
Ortiz
J M
JM
D000818:Animals; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006041:Goats / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014251:Trichostrongyloidea / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014252:Trichostrongyloidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*