Helminth parasites of the digestive tract of the oystercatcher,Haematopus ostralegus,in the Wadden Sea,The Netherlands |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic;2. Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic;3. Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London, England, UK;4. Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China;5. Uludag University, Mustafakemelpasa Vocational School, Mustafakemelpasa, Bursa, Turkey;6. Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia;7. 10486-2 Hotaka-Ariake, Azumino, Nagano 399-8301, Japan;1. Geos Institute, Ashland, OR, USA;2. John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA;1. Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Animal Husbandry and Food Engineering, São Paulo University - FZEA/USP, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil;2. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP, Diadema, SP, Brazil;3. Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil;1. Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil;2. Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, 97331, Corvallis, Oregon, USA;3. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering, São Paulo University, Avenida Duque de Caxias Norte, 225, CEP 13635-900, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil;4. Institute of Sciences and Waters Technology, Federal University of the West of Pará, Travessa Professor Antônio Carvalho Fátima, CEP 68040-470 Santarém, Pará, Brazil;5. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Professor Arthur Riedel, 275, Jardim Eldorado, CEP 09972-270, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The digestive tracts of 90 oystercatchers (equal numbers of males and females and of juveniles, subadults and adults) wintering in the Dutch Wadden Sea were examined for helminth parasites. The nematodes Capillaria sp. (36.7%) and Streptocara crassicauda (7.8%) were found in the stomach. Unidentified cestodes (76.7%) and the trematodes Psilostomum brevicolle (42.2%), Notocotylus sp. (81.1%), and unidentified gymnophallids (100%) were found in the intestine and caeca. Two birds were infected with Gymnophallidae only, while all other birds contained additional helminth species. Compared with subadult and adult birds, the juveniles had significantly more infections with Capillaria sp. and cestodes. Moreover, the juveniles were infected with a greater variety of species. No further relation was found between the presence of helminths or worm numbers and age groups or sexes of birds. |
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