by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
Galactosomum fregatae Prudhoe, 1949 (Figure 2-20) This trematode parasite (Galacto = milk and somum = body) was originally collected from a magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens) in the West Indies. This parasite was also described from 3 of 110 stray cats...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 13, 2014
GALACTOSOMINAE This subfamily of the Heterophyidae is characterized by its possession of an elongate body with a well developed oral sucker. The testes are tandem in the posterior of the body posterior to the ovary....