Morphological characterization of Setaria worms collected from cattle.
Morphological characters of Setaria sp. collected from cattle and buffaloes were studied. Three species Setaria digitata, Setaria cervi and Setaria labiatopapillosa were identified in the present study. Out of the 500 cattle screened 187 were found to harbour worms. 56.8 % (106) of animals with S. digitata, 24.13 % (45) had S. cervi and 18.96 % (36) had S. labiatopapillosa. Morphological characters of male and female worms of all the three species were studied in detail.
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, 600 007 India.
S T Bino
ST
Sundar
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bangalore, 560 024 India.
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PE
D'Souza
Cattle; Morphology; Setaria cervi; Setaria digitata; Setaria labiatopapillosa