Scanning electron microscopy of the trematode Hasstilesia ovis

Zdárská, Z.; Soboleva, T.N.; Bakke, T.A.

Folia Parasitologica 30(4): 341-344

1983


ISSN/ISBN: 0015-5683
PMID: 6662409
Document Number: 219843
The sensory papillae on the surface of the oral and ventral suckers and around the genital pore of H. ovis from sheep are of one type, the rest of the body is covered by spines, which are variable in size and are mostly branched at their tips. The irritation of the host intestinal mucosa produced by the spines increases the pathogenic effect of the parasite.

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