INTESTINAL HELMINTHS OF THE WHITE STORK (CICONIA CICONIA LINNAEUS, 1758) FROM AN INTER-ROUTE SITE IN TURKEY

GİRİŞGİN A. O., BİRLİK S., ŞENLİK B., YILDIRIMHAN H. S.

ACTA VETERINARIA HUNGARICA, vol.65, no.2, pp.221-233, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 65 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1556/004.2017.022
  • Journal Name: ACTA VETERINARIA HUNGARICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.221-233
  • Keywords: Helminth, white stork, Ciconia ciconia, Turkey, CHAUNOCEPHALUS-FEROX DIGENEA, ECHINOSTOMATIDAE, PARASITES, RECORD, BIRDS
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In Turkey, a study was conducted during the years 2009-2015 to detect the gastrointestinal helminth species of 18 white storks (Ciconia ciconia Linnaeus, 1758 (Aves: Ciconiiformes) sampled from aquatic or swamp areas of Bursa Province, one of the inter-route sites where storks intensely stay. The results of postmortem examination revealed that 17 (94.44%) white storks harboured one or more helminth species. Eight species of helminths were detected at the following prevalence rates: Dictymetra discoidea (38.88%), Chaunocephalus ferox (37.50%), Schistocephalus solidus (27.77%), Stephanoprora (Monilifer) spinulosa (18.75%), Echinoparyphium sp. (12.50%), Tylodelphys excavata (6.25%), T. clavata (6.25%), and Syncuaria ciconiae (6.25%). This study is the first report on the presence of all the above species except T. excavata from white storks in Turkey. Stephanoprora (M.) spinulosa was found in Ciconiiform birds for the first time in this study.