A platyhelminth, bipalium fuscatum, found in canine feces

犬の糞便中に発見されたコウガイビルについて

A platyhelminth, bipalium fuscatum, found in canine feces

Creators Hayasaki Mineo

Creators 大石 勇

Creators 久米 清治

Creators 最上 義典

Some leeches were found in the feces of an 8-month-old bitch of the Shiba breed raised in Yono, Saitama. From their morphological characteristics, they were identified as Bipalium fuscaltum Stimpson, 1857. They must have been ingested by the bitch while they may have been living in the bush, and discharged in the feces, without being digested.

[ISSN]0446-6454

[NCID]AN00191857

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