SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF SUBULURA BRUMPTI FROM DOMESTIC CHICKEN GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS FROM TAIF, SAUDI ARABIA

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.

2 Taif University, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The nematode Subulura brumpti is described from the caecae of the domestic fowl collected from Taif, Saudi Arabia. The surface topography of the worms is described using scanning electron microscopy. This included the description of
mouth opening, sensory papillae, cuticular surface, copulatory spicules and copulatory papillae.

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