Prevalence and histopathological characteristics of Linguatula serrata infection among slaughtered ruminants in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran

Are feral goats intermediate hosts for Linguatula (Pentastomida) in Australia?

“…Nymphs of L . serrata have been shown to transmit bacteria as they migrate through their intermediate host ( Hajimohammadi et al, 2017 ) and infected mesenteric lymph nodes in goats in Iran often had encapsulated abscesses ( Tabaripour et al, 2017 ). It could be possible that the cause of some lymph node lesions seen in sheep and goats in Australia that cannot be determined (see McKenzie et al, 1979 ; Hein and Cargill, 1981 ), may be caused by L. serrata .…”