Parasites found in a Eurasian badger (Meles meles)
ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.66, sa.3, ss.317-320, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 66 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2019
- Doi Numarası: 10.33988/auvfd.538077
- Dergi Adı: ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.317-320
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Aonchotheca putorii, badger, Mesocestoides melesi, Molineus pawns, Paraceras melis, TRICHODECTES-MELIS PHTHIRAPTERA, FOXES VULPES-VULPES, HELMINTH-PARASITES, 1ST REPORT, CARNIVORA, L.
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
A male badger (Males meles) died in a traffic accident admitted to the Parasitology Lab of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ondokuz Mars University was examined systemically. Parasitological examination revealed that the badger was infected with 3 ectoparasites and 3 endoparasites. Following ectoparasites were detected; one flea (Paraceras melis) and two ticks (Ixodes ricinus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus) and as endoparasites one cestode (Mesocestoides ealesi and two nematode species (Aonchotheca putorii, Molineus patens). Badger is a new host for all parasites in Turkey, while M. melesi is the first report for the helminth fauna of Turkey.