Abstract

SummaryThe intensity and distribution of five species of Raillietina: R. australis, R. beveridgei, R. chiltoni, R. dromaius and R. mitchelli, in the intestine of farmed and wild emus, Dromaius novaehollandiae was determined. All of the emus were infected with cestode species that occupied predictable portions of intestine. Site segregation appeared to be dependent on species intensity. Species with morphologically similar genitalia appeared to separate suggesting that species segregation may facilitate cross fertilisation in the hermaphroditic parasite.

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