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- Title
First Molecular Data of Gongylonema pulchrum (Rhabditida: Gongylonematidae) in European Fallow Deer Dama dama from Romania.
- Authors
Popovici, Dan-Cornel; Marin, Ana-Maria; Ionescu, Ovidiu; Moraru, Maria Monica Florina; Kaya, Durmuș Alpaslan; Imre, Mirela; Mederle, Narcisa
- Abstract
Due to its adaptive versatility to numerous types of habitats, extremely diverse both in terms of composition and specificity, developed in various areas of the Western Plains of Romania, the European fallow deer (Dama dama) is a species with high ecological plasticity. In this area, the D. dama interacts with other species of wild fauna but also with numerous domestic animals, an important aspect in terms of the sanitary-veterinary status of animal populations, as well as the existence of a potential risk of infection with various species of parasites that can cause the D. dama specimens to obtain certain diseases and even zoonoses. A total of 133 esophagi from D. dama have been examined for helminths. Of the 133 esophagus samples from D. dama, nematodes of the genus Gongylonema were identified in 25 (18.80%). Sequencing revealed that the nematode identified in the samples was 99% similar to the sequence of Gongylonema pulchrum (GenBank no. LC026018.1, LC388754.1, AB646061). The present research is the first report of the nematode G. pulchrum from D. dama in Romania.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; FALLOW deer; RHABDITIDA; DOMESTIC animals; ANIMAL populations; NEMATODES; ESOPHAGUS
- Publication
Pathogens, 2024, Vol 13, Issue 2, p175
- ISSN
2076-0817
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pathogens13020175