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On Arthrostoma felineum, gen. et sp. nov., a Parasite of Cats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Thomas W. M. Cameron
Thomas W. M. Cameron
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(Lecturer and Milner Research Fellow in the Department of Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.)
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This small species of Ankylostome worm was found in the small intestine of a golden cat (Felis temmincki) from Sumatra, in association with numerous specimens of Ancylostoma caninum, A. braziliense and Strongyloides sp. It has been experimentally transmitted to the domestic cat.

The cuticle shews not only transverse striations but numerous very fine longitudinal striations.

Like Ancylostoma, the body shews a distinct longitudinal torsion, and when the dorsal aspect of the cephalic opening is facing upwards, the posterior extremity is displaced laterally. The body is narrowed anteriorly, terminating in a pyriform buccal capsule which, as in Ancybostoma, opens dorsally. The anterior end does not form a hook– like bend as in Necator and forms allied to it.

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Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 1927 , pp. 143 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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References

Ortlepp, R. J., 1925. ‘On Arthrocephalus gambiensis n.g., n.sp., a new Ankylostome from an African Mongoose,’ Journ. Helm., iii, pp. 151–156.CrossRefGoogle Scholar