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Post-mortem worm recovery indicated that 15 species of helminths were present: <jats:italic>Hyostrongylus rubidus, Ascarops strongylina, Physocephalus sexalatus, Ascaris suum, Globocephalus urosubulatus, Strongyloides ransomi, Trichuris suis, Oesophagostomum quadrispinulatum, Oesophagostomum dentatum, Metastrongylus salmi, Stephanurus dentatus, Cysticercus cellulosae, Cysticercus tenuicollis<\/jats:italic>, hydatid cyst of <jats:italic>Echinococcus granulosus<\/jats:italic> and sparganum of <jats:italic>Spirometra erinacei<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The records of <jats:italic>A. strongylina, P. sexalatus, O. quadrispinulatum, M. salmi, C. tenuicollis<\/jats:italic>, hydatid cyst and sparganum are new for pigs in Nigeria.<\/jats:p><jats:p>It is possible that pigs may play some role in the local epizootiology of <jats:italic>C. tenuicollis and E. granulosus. C. cellulosae, E. granulosus, S. erinacei, A. suum<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>T. suis<\/jats:italic> may be of significance as zoonoses.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0022149x00005757","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,6,5]],"date-time":"2009-06-05T15:35:46Z","timestamp":1244216146000},"page":"65-71","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Helminths of the pig on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria: relative prevalence, abundance and economic significance"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"53","author":[{"given":"J. P.","family":"Fabiyi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,6,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0022149X00005757_ref024","first-page":"349","article-title":"Pig parasites of Nigeria. III. 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