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Helminth Collection and Identification from Wildlife
Published on: December 14, 2013
[Helminths of Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 from Szczecin area]
Elzbieta Kalisińska1, Katarzyna M Kavetska, Anna Okulewicz
1Katedra Zoologii Wydziału Biotechnologii i Hodowli Zwierzat, Akademia Rolnicza, ul. Doktora Judyma 20, 71-466 Szczecin. elzbieta.kalisinska@biot.ar.szczecin.pl
Abstract:
In 2006, an emaciated female peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus was found near its nest, and died soon after. Parasitological research involved digestive tract and respiratory system, kidney and liver. In air sacs, nematode Serratospiculum tendo (Nitzsch, 1857), which causes the falcon disease serratospiculiasis, was found, and in the digestive tract trematodes Strigeafalconis Szidat, 1928, Conodiplostomum spathula (Creplin, 1829), and a cestode Cladotaenia cylindracea (Bloch, 1782).

