On a monostome parasite of Indian domestic fowl with remarks on the genus Notocotylus Diesing, 1839 | Parasitology | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)

Extract

Notocotylus is reported in Indian domestic fowl and the specimen assigned to the species N. attenuatus. The literature on this monostome genus is briefly reviewed and need for an examination of type specimens of some of its species is stressed.

Thanks are due to the Principal of the college for facilities provided and to the head of the Zoology Department, Lucknow University, for loan of some literature.

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