Öztürk Mehmet, Umur Şinasi
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey.
Parasitol Res. 2024 Dec 28;123(12):423. doi: 10.1007/s00436-024-08431-7.
The superfamily Ascaridoidea are parasitic nematodes in vertebrates, including birds and humans. In order to investigate the presence and distribution of these parasitic nematodes in birds acting as the definitive host, 157 birds of 64 bird species belonging to 16 orders were collected and necropsied in the Kızılırmak Delta area in the Bafra district of Samsun province. The parasites collected were fixed in 70% ethyl alcohol and identified under a light microscope, and morphologically important regions were photographed for identification. The parasitological examination determined morphologically that Ardea purpurea was infected with Contracaecum rudolphii; Accipiter nisus, Buteo buteo, and B. rufinus with Porrocaecum angusticolle; Aythya ferina with P. crassum; Egretta garzetta with P. depressum; and Turdus merula with P. ensicaudatum. ITS-1 gene region was preferred for molecular analyses of all identified species, and morphological findings were confirmed. C. rudolphii, P. depressum, and P. ensicaudatum were described molecularly for the first time in Turkey, while P. angusticolle and P. crassum were described both molecularly and morphologically.
蛔总科是脊椎动物体内的寄生线虫，包括鸟类和人类。为了调查这些寄生线虫在作为终末宿主的鸟类中的存在情况和分布，在萨姆松省巴夫拉区的克孜勒尔马克三角洲地区收集了属于16个目64种鸟类的157只鸟并进行了剖检。收集到的寄生虫用70%乙醇固定，并在光学显微镜下进行鉴定，对形态学上重要的区域进行拍照以用于识别。寄生虫学检查从形态上确定，紫鹭感染了鲁道夫对盲囊线虫；雀鹰、普通鵟和棕尾鵟感染了狭颈前盲囊线虫；青头潜鸭感染了粗前盲囊线虫；小白鹭感染了扁平前盲囊线虫；乌鸫感染了尾前盲囊线虫。所有鉴定出的物种均首选ITS-1基因区域进行分子分析，并证实了形态学发现。鲁道夫对盲囊线虫、扁平前盲囊线虫和尾前盲囊线虫在土耳其首次进行了分子描述，而狭颈前盲囊线虫和粗前盲囊线虫进行了分子和形态学描述。
