Acuaroid nematodes in the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in the south of Spain |
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| Authors: | Isabel Acosta Santiago Hernández Pedro N. Gutiérrez María S. Martínez-Cruz Esther Hernández Leandro Buffoni F. Javier Martínez-Moreno |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies/Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences of University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal;2. Interdisciplinary Centre of Research on Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of University of Lisbon, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal;1. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Via Salute n. 2, 80055 Portici, Naples, Italy;2. Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy;3. Helm West Laboratory, Missoula, MT, United States;4. Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y biologia Evolutiva, Departamento de Zoologia, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The prevalence, intensity and abundance of acuaroid nematodes were determined in the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in Andalusia, Spain. Acuaroid nematodes were present in 26/41 (63.4%) of birds examined. The most common species belonged to the genus Synhimantus subgenus Synhimantus (56%): S. (S.) laticeps (36.5%), S. (S.) robertdollfusi (24.3%) and a single specimen of a third, unknown, Synhimantus (S.) spp., unlike any other described previously (2.4%). Other species identified were Synhimantus (Dispharynx) spp. (2.4%), S. (D.) nasuta (4.8%), Desportesius spinulatus (9.7%) and Skrjabinoclava spp. (2.4%). This is the first record of these three species in F. tinnunculus, but the latter two are considered to be accidental parasites in birds of prey. |
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