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Table 1.
Measurements of infective larvae of Cercopithifilaria spp. recovered from hard ticks collected from the Japanese serow, Capricornis crispus.
| Specimen no. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | 1,370 | 1,280 | 1,120 | 1,307 | 1,250 | 1,340 | 970 | 940 | 1,270 | 1,190 | 1,091 |
| Body width (maximum) | 21 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 18 |
| Nerve ring from head | 76 | 77 | 72 | 82 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 60 | 75 | 72 | 86 |
| Excretory pore from head | 120 | 124 | 110 | 136 | ND | 104 | 110 | ND | 105 | 108 | ND |
| Oesophagus length | 375 | 380 | 292 | 267 | 350 | 330 | 284 | 272 | 330 | 267 | 333 |
| Oesophagus/body length (%) | 27.4 | 29.7 | 26.1 | 20.4 | 28.0 | 24.6 | 29.3 | 28.9 | 26.0 | 22.4 | 30.5 |
| Muscular oesophagus length | 122 | 181 | 138 | 155 | 100 | 150 | 132 | 90 | 138 | 140 | 151 |
| Tail length | 56 | 50 | 69 | 52 | 52 | 57 | 60 | 75 | 75 | 57 | 52 |
| Tail/body length (%) | 4.1 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| Width at anus | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Tail length/width at anus | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| Genital primordium from head | 276* | 207* | 408** | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 190* | ND |
| Type of tail tip | A | A | A | A | B | C | C | D | D | E | E |
| Tick species | H. flava** | H. flava** | H. flava** | H. japonica* | H. flava** | H. flava** | H. flava** | H. flava* | H. japonica*** | H. flava** | H. flava* |
| Incubation period (days) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 47 | 42 | 42 | 74 | 52 | 54 | 73 | 52 |
| Tick ID no. | Y23 | Y23 | Y23 | Y15 | Y23 | Y23 | Y21 | Y16 | Y18 | Y20 | Y16 |
| Serow ID no. | YA1 | YA1 | YA1 | YA27 | YA1 | YA1 | YA2 | YA5 | YA26 | YA2 | YA5 |
*Female, **male, ***nymph, ND: not determined, H: Haemaphysalis. All measurements in micrometres.
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