Vol. 8, Issue 1 (2019)

Author(s):
Pradeep Kumar, Sukhdeep Vohra and Satyavir Singh

Abstract:
The black crow is one of the common avian birds observed around the human habitat. The bird harbour series of endo-parasites because of its omnivorous eating behaviour. The present study reports the presence of Raillietina echinobothrida infection in the intestine of dead black crows at Hisar, Haryana. The study further elaborate the method of collection, fixation, preservation, staining, differentiation, dehydration, clearing and mounting of adult worm and detail morphological description of the Raillietina echinobothrida cestode.