• Manoranjana Nirmale

The most important anoplocephalan genus that infests domestic animals is Moniezia. Moniezia a genus of tapeworms that are parasitic in mammals, including sheep, goat and cattle.Present investigation deals with systematic observation of new species of the genus Moniezia (Blanchard 1891) khultabadensis collected from intestine of Ovis bharal at Khultabad Dist. Aurangabad M.S. India. It differs from all known species of the genus due to simple scolex, medium and distinctly marked off from the strobila, squarish in shape with four large suckers; neck medium, wide, broad anteriorly and narrow posteriorly; mature segment broader; double set of reproductive organ; testes small, 145-150 in numbers; cirrus pouch medium, oval; thin cirrus, short, curved, coiled contained within the cirrus pouch. Similarly found that the vas deferens was thin, long, slightly curved; ovary small, bilobed, ootype small and oval. Post ovarian vitelline gland which is oval in shape. Genital pores were large, oval in shape; and inter proglottidal gland was small and oval.

Cestode, Khultabad, Moniezia, Ovis bharal, Systematic Study

"SYSTEMATIC STUDIES ON A NEW SPECIES OF CESTODE PARASITE OF GENUS MONIEZIA (BLANCHARD 1891) OF OVIS BHARAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no.h199-h203, August-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308720.pdf

"SYSTEMATIC STUDIES ON A NEW SPECIES OF CESTODE PARASITE OF GENUS MONIEZIA (BLANCHARD 1891) OF OVIS BHARAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no. pph199-h203, August-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308720.pdf