Schistosoma spindale

Kaukas, A., Johnston, D.A., Kane, R.A. and Rollinson, D. (1994) Restriction enzyme mapping of ribosomal DNA of Schistosoma spindale and 5. leiperi (Digenea) and its application to interspecific differentiation. Systematic Parasitology 27, 13-1 7. 

Schistosoma haematobium are predominantly human parasites whilst Schistosoma japon-icum is zoonotic in a wide range of domestic animals as well as humans, and species such as Schistosoma bovis, Schistosoma spindale and Schistosoma mattheei infect domestic livestock. The mammalian host becomes infected when... 

Blood fluke infections in cattle, sheep and goat are common in Africa, China and India. Some important flukes invading the blood circulatory system of cattle, sheep and goats are Schistosoma bovis, S. mattheei, S. nasalis, S. indicum, S. japonicim and S. spindale. 

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