Cestode and Nematode Parasites of some Aves of Kashmir

Abstract

The present thesis deals with the study of newlinesystematics and Morphology o f cestode and Nematode parasites of 24 aquatic and terrestrial birds from various parts of Kashmir The thesis is divided into 4 parts newline Part I includes a historical review on the newlinestudy of Cestode and Nematode parasites of birds carried out in india newline Part II deals with the material and methods which includes methods used for collection of birds fixation preservation and staining of parasites newline Part III deals with the systematic account of Cestode parasites newline Part IV deals with the study of systematics and morphology of Nematode parasites newline