Metastrongylus spp. infections of village pigs in Papua New Guinea
- 1 March 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Helminthology
- Vol. 48 (1), 25-32
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x00022562
Abstract
A high incidence of lungworm infection occurs in young village pigs, 5 and 11 months old. The mean count was 215 and 315 adult lungwqrms for eleven 5 month and ten 11 month village pigs respectively. All infections were mixed infections comprising M. pudendodectis (69 %), M. apri (18 %) and M. salmi (13 %). No seasonal variation was observed in the rate of infection. A partial immunity to Iungworms is evident in the 11 month old pigs.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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