Optical and scanning electron microscope description of the tapeworm Cotugnia sp. (Fam: Davaineidae) in Streptopelia senegalensis.

Abstract

Davaineidae is a very large family and contains the most genus of Cestodes, as it contains 54 species of Cotugnia , which was discovered in birds in different places of the world . Isolating this type of tapeworm from small intestine of Streptopelia senegalensis from Najaf city in Iraq. The optical microscope and the scanning electron microscope revealed. the worm has a square head which contains four suckers in the corners, rostellum containing hooks, neck, mature segments and gravid segments which contain eggs.