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In vivo and In vitro Rearing of Entomopathogenic Nematodes (Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae)
Published on: September 22, 2014
[New hosts of some nematodes--parasites of Passeriformes]
Anna Okulewicz1, Jerzy Okulewicz
1Zakład Parazytologii, Instytut Genetyki i Mikrobiologii, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, ul. Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-148 Wrocław. annaok@microb.uni.wroc.pl
Abstract:
Parasitic nematodes very rarely exist in birds that are completely or predominantly herbivorous. The investigation of the helminth fauna of Passeriformes in the region of Lower Silesia revealed new hosts for some nematode species. We found in Acrocephalus scirpaceus--Acuaria subula and Microtetrameres inermis; in Fringilla coelebs and in Luscinia megarhynchos--Dispharynx nasuta; in Passer montanus--Capillaria angusta; in Phylloscopus trochiloides--Acuaria subula as well in Phylloscopus collybita--Microtetrameres sp. These nematodes have not been so far reported from these bird species.
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