Veterinary Science Communications

, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 171–173 | Cite as

Natural and experimental infection of the beetle,Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) withChoanotaenia infundibulum and other chicken tapeworms

  • E. E. Elowni
  • Sabir Elbihari
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Abstract

Naturally occurring cysticercoids ofChoanotaenia infundibulum were recovered by dissection from 78 adult beetles out of a total of 542 adults collected from two poultry farms in Khartoum. Larval beetles were also found naturally infected but at the low rate of 0.75%. Experimental infection of clean adult beetles confirmed the suitability ofAlphitobius diaperinus as an intermediate host forC. infundibulum but four other species of poultry tapeworms failed to develop in this host. This constitutes the first record ofA. diaperinus as an intermediate host for this tapeworm.

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Public Health Veterinary Medicine Intermediate Host Experimental Infection Poultry Farm 
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© Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company 1979

Authors and Affiliations

  • E. E. Elowni
    • 1
  • Sabir Elbihari
    • 1
  1. 1.Faculty of Veterinary ScienceKhartoum North(Sudan)

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