Morphological survey of bovine Setaria in the abdominal cavities of cattle in Aomori and Kumamoto Prefectures, Japan.
An epidemiological survey of bovine Setaria collected from the abdominal cavities was performed morphologically on the cattle in Aomori and Kumamoto Prefectures, Japan, between August 2005 and July 2006. Fifty Setaria worms were collected from the cattle in Aomori Prefecture and 847 from those in Kumamoto Prefecture. Of these worms, 35 were identified as Setaria digitata, 14 as S. marshalli, and one as S. labiatopapillosa in Aomori Prefecture, while 816 were identified as S. digitata and 31 as S. marshalli in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Nakano
Hiroki
H
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori, Japan.
Tozuka
Morito
M
Ikadai
Hiromi
H
Ishida
Hidekazu
H
Goto
Ryuichiro
R
Kudo
Noboru
N
Katayama
Yoshinari
Y
Muranaka
Masanori
M
Anzai
Toru
T
Oyamada
Takashi
T
D034841:Abdominal Cavity / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D017182:Setaria Nematode / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012719:Setariasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology