Digenetic Trematodes from the Domestic Fowl in Ghana
- 1 December 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Helminthology
- Vol. 41 (4) , 329-336
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x0002188x
Abstract
1. Two new species (Postharmostomum ntowi and Eptsthmium ghanense) and one previously described species (Episthmium africanum) of digenetic trematodes are recorded from the domestic fowl in Ghana.2. A key has been provided for identification of all the species of Postharmostomum occurring in chickens.3. Episthmium africanum is recorded for the first time from the domestic fowl.Keywords
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