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Helminth Collection and Identification from Wildlife
Published on: December 14, 2013
[The helminth fauna of indigenous white storks (Ciconia ciconia)]
Rolf Schuster1, Thoralf Schaffer, Vladimir Shimalov
1Institut für Parasitologie und Internationale Tiergesundheit, Freie Universität Berlin.
Abstract:
120 carcasses of white storks originating from the federal countries Saxonia-Anhalt and Brandenburg where examined between 1994 and 2000 for internal parasites. The established parasite spectrum consisted of 8 trematode (Tylodelphis excavata, Chaunocephalus ferox, Cathemasia hians, Echinostoma revolutum, Echinoparyphium sp., Monilifer spinulosus, Ignavia ciconiae and Brachylaimus sp.), 4 cestode (Anomotaenia discoidea and 3 Hymenolepidae species) and at least 3 nematode species (Capillaria spp., Syngamus palustris and Contracaecum microcephalum). 5 of the helminths are considered to be stork specific. Considering host age groups the highest percentage of infected birds was found in adults.
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