Eight species of gastrointestinal helminths were obtained from the red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus Forster, 1844) from Otago Peninsula, of which six were new host records. One of these, Maritrema novaezelandensis (Trematoda), was a species new to science which is being described elsewhere; the other five were Curtuteria australis (Trematoda), Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Tremat...

Kerbau lumpur (Bubalus bubalis) merupakan ternak yang memegang peranan dalam kehidupan ekonomi dan sosial masyarakat Kabupaten Sumba Timur. Salah satu penyakit hingga kini masih menjadi masalah kesehatan pada ternak, termasuk kerbau, adalah infeksi Trematoda. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi jenis cacing Trematoda menginfeksi serta mengukur prevalensi intensitas infeksinya. Metode filt...

introduction: some snails play an important role in the transmission of helminthes, mainly trematodes of medical and veterinary importance. there seems to be no information on the freshwater snails of gahar lake in lorestan province of iran. the present study aimed to identify medically important snails of this lake. methods: samples were collected from ten localities around gahar lake in april...

To determine geographical patterns of natural parasite infections among wild rodents, a total of 46 wild rodents from 3 different localities in northern Gangwon-do (Province), Korea were examined for intestinal parasite infections. Along with nematodes such as hookworms and Syphacia spp., Plagiorchis muris (2 specimens) (Trematoda) were collected from striped field mice, Apodemus agrarius. In a...

conclusions the reason for difference in the detected snail genera in sampling sites may be due to various physicochemical factors. according to the current study, medically important snails exist in miangran lake and they could be a source of trematode infections for the local people. controlling measures after comprehensive studies should be applied. background some freshwater snails are acti...

Nucleotide sequences of 18S ribosomal RNA from 71 species of Platyhelminthes, the flatworms, were analyzed using maximum likelihood, and the resulting phylogenetic trees were compared with previous phylogenetic hypotheses. Analyses including 15 outgroup species belonging to eight other phyla show that Platyhelminthes are monophyletic with the exception of a sequence putatively from Acoela sp., ...

In the present study, the morphological and morphometric characterization of two species of digenetic trematodes infecting the large intestines of the common chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae) were described by means of light microscopy as a first description. 30 and 37 out of 115 (26.1 % and 32.1%) of this lizard species were found to be naturally infected with Postorchi...

Exotic reptiles originating from the wild can be carriers of many different pathogens and some of them can infect humans. Reptiles imported into Slovenia from 2000 to 2005, specimens of native species taken from the wild and captive bred species were investigated. A total of 949 reptiles (55 snakes, 331 lizards and 563 turtles), belonging to 68 different species, were examined for the presence ...

Information on species of parasitic helminths native to Poland is provided by the Pasozytnicze helminty Polski. Gatunki. Zywiciele. Białe Plamy. Until the middle of 2007, there were 1205 species of recorded helminths including 126 species of Monogenea, 338 of Trematoda (Digenea), 279 of Cestoda, 427 of Nematoda and 35 of Acanthocephala. They represented 32.9% of the species recorded in Europe (...

Metacercaria specimens of the genus Opechona (Trematoda: Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) are described parasitizing “coelenterates” (scyphomedusae and ctenophores) from Southeastern Brazil (São Paulo state). The worms are compared to other Opechona species occurring on the Brazilian coast, but no association has been made because only adult forms of these species have been described. Suppositions as t...