Revision for “Galactosomum fregatae” created on June 18, 2014 @ 13:05:50
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| Content | <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Galactosomum fregatae</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Prudhoe, 1949</b></span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>(Figure 2-20)</b></span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This trematode parasite (</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Galacto</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> = milk and </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>somum</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> = body) was originally collected from a magnificent frigate bird (</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Fregata magnificens</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">) in the West Indies. This parasite was also described from 3 of 110 stray cats examined in Madras, India (Rajavelu G, Raja EE. 1988. On helminth parasites in domestic cat in Madras. Cheiron 17: 11-14). Other species of this genus are found in gulls. Related species develop in marine snails, and the monostomate, very long-tailed cercariae enter and encyst in the brain of mullet, </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Mugil auratus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. Birds, and probably the cat, become infected by the ingestion of infected brackish-water fish.</span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Figure 2-20.</b></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Galactosomum fregatae</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> from the intestine of a pelican in Panama. </span></span></p> |
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