A Case of Contracaecum sp (Ascaridida: Anisakidae) Infection in Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.18, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 18
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.9775/kvfd.2011.5982
- Dergi Adı: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Contracaecum genus (Ascaridida: Anisakidae) is a nematode parasite of the fish-eating birds throughout the world. A heavy infection of Contracaecum sp. was detected at the necropsy of a Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) that had been referred to an animal hospital due to trauma and died before the initiation of any treatment. Intense parasitic infection was seen in the proventriculus and within the lumen of oesophagus to duodenum. This is the first case of intense adult Contracaecum sp. infection in a piscivorous bird in Turkey.