Some Pathological Features of Lungs from Domestic and Wild Ruminants with Single and Mixed Protostrongylid Infections

<table>Goats, lungs infected with protostrongylids. (a) A nodule with <i>M. capillaris</i>, bronchial lumen with larvae and a desquamation of the bronchial epithelium. (b) A lobular lesion with <i>M. capillaris</i>, <i>P. rufescens,</i> and <i>P. hobmaieri</i>, bronchial lumen with adult parasites, larvae, alveolar macrophages, and a slight peribronchial lymphoid hyperplasia. (c) A nodule with <i>M. capillaris</i>, alveoli with parasite eggs and first stage larvae without thickening of the alveolar septa.</table>

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Figure 2: Some Pathological Features of Lungs from Domestic and Wild Ruminants with Single and Mixed Protostrongylid Infections 