| Raillietina | |
|---|---|
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| Raillietina tetragona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Cyclophyllidea |
| Family: | Davaineidae |
| Genus: | Raillietina Fuhrmann, 1920 |
| Species[1] | |
| Diversity | |
| 37 species | |
Raillietina is a genus of tapeworms that includes helminth parasites of vertebrates, mostly of birds. The genus was named in 1920 in honour of a French veterinarian and helminthologist, Louis-Joseph Alcide Railliet. Of the 37 species recorded under the genus,[2] Raillietina demerariensis, R. asiatica, and R. formsana are the only species reported from humans,[3] while the rest are found in birds. R. echinobothrida, R. tetragona, and R. cesticillus are the most important species in terms of prevalence and pathogenicity among wild and domestic birds.[4][5]
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- ^ Cheng TC (1986). General Parasitology (2 ed.). Academic Press, Division of Hardcourt Brace & Company, USA. pp. 402–416. ISBN 9780121707552.
- ^ McDougald LR (2011). "Cestodes and trematodes". In YM Saif; AM Fadly; JR Glisson; LR McDougald; LK Nolan; DE Swayne (eds.). Diseases of Poultry (12 ed.). Iowa (US): Blackwell Publishing Company. pp. 961–972. ISBN 9781119949503.