| first report of parasitic esophagitis by streptocara incognita in muscovy ducks (cairina moschata domesticus) in italy. | this work describes the first outbreak of streptocariasis by streptocara incognita reported from italy. the disease was observed in a backyard flock of 62 ducks (cairina moschata domesticus) located in treviso, northeastern italy. fifteen birds died in a period of 2 wk, showing debilitation and emaciation. two ducks were submitted for postmortem examination and an esophagitis associated with nematodes was observed. the nematodes were identified as streptocara incognita. | 2005 | 16094839 |