| synanthropic birds and parasites. | this paper describes the parasitologic findings for 60 synanthropic bird carcasses recovered in the campania region of southern italy. birds consisted of 20 yellow-legged gulls (larus michahellis), 15 rock pigeons (columba livia), 15 common kestrels (falco tinnunculus), and 10 carrion crows (corvus corone). each carcass was examined to detect the presence of ectoparasites and then necropsied to detect helminths. ectoparasites occurred in 100% of the birds examined. in particular, chewing lice we ... | 2013 | 24597118 |
| HELMINTH COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN BIRDS OF PREY (ACCIPITRIFORMES AND FALCONIFORMES) IN SOUTHERN ITALY. | Abstract We compared helminth communities of 6 species of birds of prey from the Calabria region of southern Italy. In total, 31 helminth taxa, including 17 nematodes, 9 digeneans, 3 acanthocephalans, and 2 cestodes were found. All helminth species were found in the gastrointestinal tract, except for 3 spirurid nematodes. Most of the parasite species were detected in at least two hosts, but 13 helminth species were found in only one host. At the infracommunity level, the overall species richne ... | 2011 | 21951214 |
| phylogenetic relationships of spiruromorpha from birds of prey based on 18s rdna. | a total of 153 free-ranging birds from germany belonging to 15 species were examined for nematodes in their digestive and respiratory tracts. in 51.7% of the birds 14 different nematode species were found: the intestinal ascarids porrocaecum depressum and p. angusticolle, the strongylid hovorkonema variegatum, which inhabits the trachea and bronchi, the hairworms eucoleus dispar and capillaria tenuissima isolated from the digestive system, the spirurid nematodes cyrnea leptoptera, c. mansioni, c ... | 2008 | 18252018 |
| helminth fauna of falconiform and strigiform birds of prey in galicia, northwest spain. | this is a survey of the helminth fauna of 285 individuals of 14 species of birds of prey (falconiformes and strigiformes) from galicia (northwest spain), namely buteo buteo, accipiter nisus, a. gentilis, milvus migrans, m. milvus, pernis apivorus, circus pygargus, falco tinnunculus, f. peregrinus, f. subbuteo, tyto alba, strix aluco, asio otus and athene noctua. a total of 15 helminth species were detected, namely 8 nematodes ( eucoleus dispar, capillaria tenuissima, synhimantus laticeps, microt ... | 2004 | 14714181 |