Yudhana Aditya, Novita Praja Ratih, Edila Ryanka
Veterinary Medicine Study Program, Department of Health and Life Sciences, School of Health and Life Sciences, Universitas Airlangga, Wijaya Kusuma Street 113, Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia.
Department of Veterinary Science, Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Kampus C Mulyorejo Street, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
Vet World. 2023 Feb;16(2):317-321. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2023.317-321. Epub 2023 Feb 17.
Exotic pet snakes are more susceptible to infection, especially parasitic helminths than wild-caught. There is no comprehensive report on the prevalence of acanthocephalan parasite infection in Indonesian snakes. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence rate and to identify the acanthocephalan infection in wild-caught Asian vine snake () from the Mojokerto District, East Java, Indonesia.
A total of 60 snakes were collected from the local sellers in the Mojokerto District, East Java, Indonesia. Then, snakes were euthanized and necropsied to observe various predilections of acanthocephalan larval stage (cystacanth). Morphological identification of the cystacanth was conducted using the carmine staining method and microscopic examination.
Acanthocephalan infection was recorded with a high prevalence rate of 80.06%. A total of 696 cystacanths were examined from the muscle, subcutaneous tissues, and visceral with 32.90, 16.37, and 50.71% intensity rates, respectively.
Acanthocephalan prevalence rate was recorded at 80.06% in this study. Constant disease monitoring is necessary, considering wild-caught Asian vine snakes were susceptible host and lack of data regarding parasitological surveys. Therefore, further studies are needed in new areas and various species of wild-caught snakes in Indonesia, because of the potential of parasitic helminth transmission between snake and other reptiles.
外来宠物蛇比野生捕获的蛇更容易受到感染，尤其是寄生虫蠕虫感染。目前尚无关于印度尼西亚蛇类棘头虫寄生虫感染率的综合报告。因此，本研究旨在估计印度尼西亚东爪哇莫佐克托地区野生捕获的亚洲藤蛇（）中棘头虫感染率，并鉴定棘头虫感染情况。
从印度尼西亚东爪哇莫佐克托地区的当地卖家处共收集了60条蛇。然后，对蛇实施安乐死并进行尸检，以观察棘头虫幼虫期（囊尾蚴）的各种偏好部位。采用胭脂红染色法和显微镜检查对囊尾蚴进行形态学鉴定。
记录到棘头虫感染率较高，为80.06%。从肌肉、皮下组织和内脏中共检查了696个囊尾蚴，感染强度率分别为32.90%、16.37%和50.71%。
本研究中记录的棘头虫感染率为80.06%。鉴于野生捕获的亚洲藤蛇是易感宿主且缺乏寄生虫学调查数据，持续的疾病监测很有必要。因此，由于蛇与其他爬行动物之间存在寄生虫蠕虫传播的可能性，印度尼西亚新地区和各种野生捕获蛇类物种需要进一步研究。
