Title : ( First report of hepatic cysticercosis in a rook (Corvus frugilegus) (Passerifomes, Corvidae )
Authors: Hossein Nourani , Hossein Abassi Dehkordi , Saeed Soltani , Mahdi Khosravi ,
Full TextAbstract
Cysticercosis is an infection with the larval (cysticercus) stage of Taenia spp. that it is seen as cysts in various human and animal tissues. In this study, pathologic findings of hepatic cysticercosis in a rook (Corvus frugilegus) is described. To our knowledge, there is no report on hepatic cysticercosis in rook and this study shows that rooks may play a role as intermediate hosts in the transmission of parasitic infections.
Keywords
, hepatic cysticercosis, gross and histopathological findings, rook (Corvus frugilegus), Iran
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author = {Nourani, Hossein and حسین عباسی دهکردی and سعید سلطانی and مهدی خسروی},
title = {First report of hepatic cysticercosis in a rook (Corvus frugilegus) (Passerifomes, Corvidae},
journal = {Annals of Parasitology},
year = {2014},
volume = {60},
number = {4},
month = {December},
issn = {2299-0631},
pages = {311--313},
numpages = {2},
keywords = {hepatic cysticercosis; gross and histopathological findings; rook (Corvus frugilegus); Iran},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T First report of hepatic cysticercosis in a rook (Corvus frugilegus) (Passerifomes, Corvidae
%A Nourani, Hossein
%A حسین عباسی دهکردی
%A سعید سلطانی
%A مهدی خسروی
%J Annals of Parasitology
%@ 2299-0631
%D 2014
