Record birds Corvus corone as new host for the cestoda Cotugni intermedia and Raillietinia micracantha in Al- Najaf Al-Ashraf;Iraq

During the period of the present study (June - October -2008) Corvus corone were . found infected with Cestoda Cotugnia intermeda and Raillietina micracantha with incidence of(0.75%,0375%) respectively.In this study Corvus corone regarded as anew host for these two cestodes