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Parabronetna roundi n.sp. (Spiruridae: Nematoda) from Rhinoceros bicornis in Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

W. M. Fitzsimmons
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology, St. Albans, Herts., England

Extract

This new species is described from material consisting of four males and six females said to have been recovered from the intestine of Rhinoceros bicornis in Kenya and sent to the writer through the courtesy of Mr. M. C. Round, B.Sc, of Veterinary Research Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Services, Kabete, Kenya.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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