Hemidactylus turcicus is a very common spıcıes in Çukurova, Turkey.
They appear during the summer at night and are usually found around bu ildings. Some of them wruch are hunting flies are even seen near the lamp on
the walls or ceillings of porches. We observe that these lizards are preferable prey to cats and think they might be the principle source of the tape
worm infections of cats. Therefore we collected several lizards and dissected
them to look for cysticercoids of the tapeworms.
In Turkey, the incidense of J oyeuxia pasqualei in cats was found to
de very high (56.6 %) Mimioğlu, 1954.; but there is no available information
- about intermediate hosts of this parasite. According to Witenberg (I 932) the
life history of certain Dipylidiinae was studied by several authors and the
summary of the results is presented by Lopez-Neyra. The author states also
the complete life cycle is known only for Dipylidium caninum
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Veterinary Surgery |
Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | January 1, 1963 |
Published in Issue | Year 1963Volume: 10 Issue: 02 |