Volume : 4, Issue : 8, August - 2015

MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF RAILLIETINA SP.(CESTODA: DAVAINEIDEA) INFECTING CHICKENS (GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS) FROM AURANGABAD DISTRICT (M.S.) INDIA.

Sapna Lohat, Sunita Borde, Ganesh Misal

Abstract :

<p>Fuhrmann, 1920 established the genus Raillietina mostly harbours the class aves and well studied gastrointestinal parasite of family davaineidae (Cestoda:Cyclophyllidea).It is reported to be large in size, scolex globular in shape, mature proglottids oader than long rectangular in shape, testes smaller in size 33 to 40 in numbers, cirrus pouch flask shaped, ovary irregular. In the present study morphological methods coupled with molecular analysis of genomic DNA were employed for precise identification of cestode parasite.</p>