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Louis-Joseph Alcide Railliet (also known as Alcide Railliet, born 11 March 1852 at La Neuville-lès-Wasigny in the Ardennes – died 25 December 1930) was a French veterinarian and helminthologist.
Louis-Joseph Alcide Railliet | |
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![]() Medal in honour of Alcide Railliet | |
Born | |
Died | 25 December 1930 78) | (aged
Citizenship | French |
Known for | Veterinary Parasitology Helminthology |
Scientific career | |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Railliet |
Professor at the Veterinary School of Alfort, he is considered one of the founders of modern parasitology and wrote several books of veterinary parasitology. He chaired the Société zoologique de France in 1891. He was a member of the French Académie Nationale de Médecine, from 29 December 1896 to his death.[1] He received the Legion of Honor.
Railliet's name is honoured by several genera: Raillietia (Acari), Raillietina (Cestodes), Raillietascaris, Raillietnema and Raillietstrongylus (Nematodes), Raillietiella (Pentastomida), and the Acari family Raillietiidae.
Numerous species were named after Railliet, such as
Amidostomum raillieti, Angiocaulus raillieti, Aspidodera raillieti, Conoweberia raillieti, Eucoleus raillieti, Haemostrongylus raillieti, Henryella raillieti, Onchocerca raillieti, Protostrongylus raillieti, Quasiamidostomum raillieti, and Thominx raillieti (Nematodes), Coccidium raillieti and Eimeria raillieti (Coccidia), Dibothriocephalus raillieti, Hilmylepis raillieti, Ichthyotoenia raillieti, Sparganum raillieti, and Synthetocaulus raillieti (Cestodes).
All these animals are parasites, named in honour of Railliet by other parasitologists (the list of species may include synonyms).
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