Abstract
Two male worms of Camelostrongylus mentulatus were found in one of 84 murciano-granadina goats in Murcia, south-eastern Spain. This is the first report of C. mentulatus in goats in the Iberian peninsula and the possible origin and transmission of this nematode in Spain are discussed.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Goat Diseases / epidemiology*
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Goat Diseases / parasitology
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Goats / parasitology
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Male
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Prevalence
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Spain / epidemiology
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Trichostrongyloidea / isolation & purification
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Trichostrongyloidiasis / epidemiology
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Trichostrongyloidiasis / transmission
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Trichostrongyloidiasis / veterinary*