Presence of Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Rudolphi, 1819) (Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae) in western Canada

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  • PJPaul D. Lewis Jr.
    Paul D. Lewis Jr.
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Abstract
Dicrocoelium dendriticum is reported for the first time in western Canada. Nearly 4000 worms were obtained from the bile ducts of two British Columbia cattle slaughtered in Lethbridge, Alberta in April, 1973. On the basis of unpublished records, it appears that D. dendriticum occurs in three localities in British Columbia, and has been known since 1965.