| the prevalence of linguatula serrata nymphs in goats slaughtered in kerman slaughterhouse, kerman, iran. | linguatula serrata is one of the zoonotic parasites. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of nymphal stages of l. serrata in mesenteric and mediastinal lymph nodes of goats slaughtered in kerman slaughterhouse, southeast of iran. for this purpose, mesenteric and mediastinal lymph nodes of 407 goats of different sex and age were examined, revealing an infection prevalence of 49.1%. the prevalence of l. serrata infection among goats is higher than previously reported from iran and ... | 2010 | 20418017 |
| mesenteric and mediastinal lymph node infection with linguatula serrata nymphs in sheep slaughtered in kerman slaughterhouse, southeast iran. | this research was carried out in order to detect the prevalence of nymphal stages of linguatula serrata in mediastinal and mesenteric lymph nodes of sheep slaughtered in kerman slaughterhouse, southeast of iran. for this purpose, mesenteric and mediastinal lymph nodes of 806 sheep of different sex and age were examined. one hundred and thirty out of 806 (16.1%) of the sheep were found positive for l. serrata infection. the infection rate increased with age (p < 0.001). prevalence of l. serrata n ... | 2011 | 20683656 |