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Raillietina tetragona

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A worldwide occurring, 10–25 cm long tapeworm in the intestine of chicken and related birds (Fig. 1). Eucestoda/Table 1.

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DR of a rather young proglottis of an adult tapeworm. EL excretory channel (longitudinally running), EQ excretory channel (cross), GP genital pore, HO testis, OV ovary, VD vas deferens, VG vagina, VI vitellarium

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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Raillietina tetragona . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_2652-2

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