Case study: Heavy leech infestation in imported camels to Iran.

Leeches are parasitic segmented worms, some of which have been historically used in medicine to remove blood from patients. In this report, heavy leech infestation of Afghani and Pakistani camels imported to Iran for their meat is described. All of the removed leeches were Limnatis nilotica. Worldwide there has been only one other study of a camel leech infestation, 19 years ago in Iraq.