A curious case of nematode parasitism in a West African Hadada, Gevonticus hagedash
- 1 October 1945
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Helminthology
- Vol. 21 (2-3) , 99-103
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x00032004
Abstract
In the following article is described an interesting parasitic condition which is difficult to interpret. The small intestine of an Hadada, Geronticus hagedash, was brought back from the West Coast of Africa by Major T. A. Cockburn, M.D., R.A.M.C, who kindly passed it to me for further examination. The bird is a member of the family Plataleidae, living in wooded districts in West Africa in the neighbourhood of water and feeding on invertebrates, mainly annelids and small crustaceans which it finds at the bottom of ponds and streams in the mud.Keywords
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