Jones A, Bailey T A, Nothelfer H B, Gibbons L M, Samour J H, Al Bowardi M, Osborne P
International Institute of Parasitology, St. Albans, UK.
J Helminthol. 1996 Mar;70(1):21-5. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x0001508x.
Seven free-living houbara bustards (Chlamydotis undulata macqueeni) wild-caught in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were examined for helminth parasites. Of five birds investigated post mortem, one was free of gastrointestinal helminths. Two other birds expelled worms following clinical examination and anthelmintic treatment. This is the first report of the parasites of free-living, as opposed to captive, houbara bastards in the UAE. In infested wild birds, fewer species of helminths were recovered than had been found in captive birds and those species present had also been found in captive houbaras. Despite heavy worm burdens, the infested birds were in good condition. Two species of cestodes (Otiditaenia conoideis, Hispaniolepis falsata), two of acanthocephalans (Centrorhynchus lancea, Mediorhynchus taeniatus) and two of nematodes (Hartertia rotundata, Allodapa sp.) were recovered. Histopathological examination of tissue samples from the intestine of three birds revealed no significant pathological changes attributable to the presence of parasites but only localized responses at the sites of parasite attachment.
对7只在阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋）野外捕获的野生细嘴鸨（Chlamydotis undulata macqueeni）进行了寄生虫检查。在5只死后进行检查的鸟中，有1只没有胃肠道寄生虫。另外2只鸟在临床检查和驱虫治疗后排出了蠕虫。这是阿联酋野生（而非圈养）细嘴鸨寄生虫的首次报告。在受感染的野生鸟类中，发现的蠕虫种类比圈养鸟类中的少，而且在圈养细嘴鸨中也发现了那些存在的种类。尽管蠕虫负担很重，但受感染的鸟状况良好。发现了2种绦虫（圆锥耳孔绦虫、假西班牙绦虫）、2种棘头虫（矛头中吻棘头虫、带形中吻棘头虫）和2种线虫（圆形哈氏线虫、异食线虫属某种）。对3只鸟肠道组织样本的组织病理学检查显示，没有发现因寄生虫存在而导致的明显病理变化，仅在寄生虫附着部位有局部反应。
