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. 2012 Nov;2(11):885-8.
doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60247-0.

The prevalence of Linguatula serrata nymphs in camels slaughtered in Mashhad slaughterhouse, Northeast, Iran

Saeid R Nourollahi Fard  1 , Nima Ghalekhani, Reza Kheirandish, Saeid Fathi, Ehsan Norouzi Asl
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The prevalence of Linguatula serrata nymphs in camels slaughtered in Mashhad slaughterhouse, Northeast, Iran

Saeid R Nourollahi Fard et al. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2012 Nov.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of nymphal stages of L. serrata in mesenteric lymph nodes of camels slaughtered in Mashhad slaughterhouse, Northeast of Iran.

Methods: For this purpose, mesenteric lymph nodes of 400 camels of different sex and age were examined. The lymph nodes were examined macroscopically and a digestion method was also applied for investigation of samples which was negative macroscopically.

Results: The mesenteric lymph nodes of 73 camels out of 400 (18.25%) were infected by L. serrata nymphs.

Conclusions: Prevalence of L. serrata nymphs in males and females and different age was not significantly different (P>0.05), but difference was observed between the prevalence in different seasons (P< 0.05). The potential importance of these findings to human health is discussed. This is the first report of infection with L. serrate of camels in camels slaughtered at northeast of Iran.

Keywords: Camel; Iran; Linguatula serrata.

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Conflict of interest statement: We declare that we have no conflict of interest.

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