First case report of Dioctophyme renale (Goeze, 1782) in a dog in Istanbul, Turkey

Date
2002
Author
Toparlak, Müfit
Cetinkaya, Handan
Firat, I
Gargili, Ayşen
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Abstract
A female specimen of Dioctophyma renale was recovered from the abdominal cavity of a stray dog necropsied in Istanbul, Turkey on 8 June, 1999. The nematode was 55.5 cm in lenght, with a diameter of 0.7 (0.6-0.8) cm. This is the first case report of D. renale from Turkey.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12627/164954
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