Some helminths of Bushbuck, Waterbuck and Sitatunga in Busoga district, Uganda
Pullan, N.B.; Burridge, M.J.; Reid, H.W.; Sutherst, R.W.; Wain, E.B.
Bulletin of Epizootic Diseases of Africa 19(2): 123-125
1971
ISSN/ISBN: 0007-487X PMID: 5150322 Document Number: 41403
The following helminths were identified, and the localization and degree of infection assessed, in the Bugosa District, Uganda: in Tragelaphus scriptus - Haemonchus vegliae and Ashworthius pattoni in the abomasum, Oesophagostomum walkeri in the large intestine, Setaria africana in the peritoneal cavity and Cordiophilus sagitta in the heart muscle; in Kobus defassa - Cooperia fuelleborni and Bunostomum dentatum in the small intestine, and Oesophagostomum columbianum in the large intestine; in Tragelaphus spekei - Fasciola tragelaphi in the liver. This last named represents a new geographical record.