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Transmission of Pig Lungworms (Metastrongylus sp.)

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THE life-cycle of the pig lungworm (Metastrongylus sp.) has been known since Hobmaier and Hobmaier1 incriminated earthworms as the obligatory intermediate host. Lungworm infestation in pigs is therefore likely to be a problem only where animals have access to pasture and hence earthworms.

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  1. Hobmaier, A., and Hobmaier, M., Munchen. Tierarztl. Wehnschr., 80, 365 (1929).

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  1. Department of Agricultural and Forest Zoology, University College of North Wales, Bangor

    S. E. JAGGERS & I. V. HERBERT

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JAGGERS, S., HERBERT, I. Transmission of Pig Lungworms (Metastrongylus sp.). Nature 203, 987–988 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203987a0

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