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Diagnosis and identification of causative parasite species was made by histopathological investigations followed by a polymerase chain reaction-based molecular method using formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissues. The DNA samples were extracted from tissues and a partial fragment of cytochrome <jats:italic>c<\/jats:italic> oxidase subunit 1 (<jats:italic>cox1<\/jats:italic>) gene was amplified for the detection of parasitic DNA. 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