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From: Defining parasite biodiversity at high latitudes of North America: new host and geographic records for Onchocerca cervipedis (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in moose and caribou

Figure 2

Gross and histologic changes in a case of O. cervipedis infection in a moose (W76-09Ta) from Northwest Territories, Canada. A) Cut surface of a subcutaneous nodule surrounded by a thick connective tissue capsule and containing a yellowish, friable material and intralesional O. cervipedis adult nematodes (arrow); B) Histological transverse section of a partially mineralized dead adult nematode within a cavitating lesion lined by multinucleated giant cells, macrophages, eosinophils, lymphocytes and plasma cells. HE stain (100x).

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Parasites & Vectors

ISSN: 1756-3305

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