ISSN:
1439-0574
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary In January 1967 at the autopsy of a red deer (Cervus elaphus L.), elongate filariform were found. The male and female filaria (Onchocerca flexuosa Wedl 1856) were up to 6 cm and 80–90 cm long respectively, and were found in subcutaneous connective back tissue in connection with the formation of firm nodules. The deer came from the mountain Krim, near Ljubljana in the hunting district of Slovenia. The worms are associated with specific lesions in the connective subcutaneous tissue and give rise to the formation of firm nodules. The parasites lie coiled up in sterile abcesses which exhibit fibrotic reaction. It is difficult to extricate complete specimens. According to the literature, the details of the worms cycle are unknown, but it almost certainly involves a blood-sucking arthropod. The worms pathogenicity is low. This is the first report of this filaroid nematode in our country.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01902256
