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According to mitochondrial DNA evidence, Parascaris equorum and Parascaris univalens may represent the same species.
Journal of helminthology - 1 May 2019
Gao J F, Zhang X X, Wang X X, Li Q, Li Y, Xu W W, Gao Y, Wang C R
Abstract excerpt
Parascarosis is caused mainly by parasitic infections with Parascaris equorum and Parascaris univalens, the most common ascarid nematodes, in the small intestine of equines. Parascarosis often causes severe illness and even death in foals and yearlings. In this study, we obtained the complete sequence of the P. equorum mitochondrial (mt) genome and compared its organization and structure with that of P. equorum...
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