Original Article
Korean J Parasitol. 1984 Jun;22(1):96-98. English.
Published online Mar 20, 1994.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1984.22.1.96
Copyright © 1984 by The Korean Society for Parasitology
A new cestode Raillietina (Skrjabinia) doggaddaensis n. sp. from Gallus gallus domesticus (L.) from India
Sandeep K. Malhotra and V. N. Capoor
Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Garhwal, Srinagar(Garhwal) 246 174, U.P., India.
Deoprtment of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211 002, U.P., India.
Abstract

Anew poultry cestode Raillietina(Skrjabinia) doggaddaensis n.sp.has been described from the domestic fowl Gallus gallus domesticus (L.). The new species has been compared with R.(S.) dhuncheta Sharma (1943) and R.(S.) magnicoronata(Fuhrmann, 1908).

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Figs. 1-5
Raillietina (Skrjabinia) doggaddaensis n. sp.

1. Scolex(×50), 2. Rostellar hooks(×400), 3. Mature proglottides (×10), 4. Gravid proglottid(×50), 5. Egg capsule(×10).


References
1. Fuhrmann O. Zool Anz 1907;32:289–297.
2. Sharma KN. Ind Vet J 1943;20(2):53–67.