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- Title
ANGUSTICAECUM HOLOPTERUM (RUDOLPHI, 1819) (NEMATODA, ASCARIDOIDEA): POTENTIAL ALIEN INVASIVE SPECIES IN POLISH NEMATOFAUNA.
- Authors
Zaleśny, G.; Popiołek, M.; Jarnecki, H.; Łuczyński, T.
- Abstract
In present study we examined one individual of red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) which was obtained from Poznań Zoological Garden, the turtle died for unknown reasons. During a standard parasitological dissection one female ascariid nematode was found in the small intestine. The nematode was determined as Angusticaecum holopterum (Rudolphi, 1819) Baylis, 1920. Our finding is the second report of this parasite from T. s. elegans in Poland. Although both reports concerning turtles obtained from husbandry, our studies indicate potential risk of transmission of this nematode to native fauna.
- Subjects
POLAND; TURTLES; NEMATODE infections; RED-eared slider; NEMATODES; PARASITES; VETERINARY parasitology; PARASITIC diseases; HELMINTHIASIS; DISEASES
- Publication
Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wroclawiu: Biologia i Hodowla Zwierzat, 2009, Vol 58, Issue 572, p179
- ISSN
1897-208X
- Publication type
Article