Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwich, 1964 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in a white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) in Türkiye

Year 2024, Volume: 19 Issue: 3, 183 - 186, 29.12.2024

Mustafa Köse , Mustafa Volkan Yaprakcı , Mehmet Fatih Bozkurt

https://doi.org/10.17094/vetsci.1465264

Abstract

Two injured and exhausted white pelicans were brought to Afyon Kocatepe University Animal Hospital Surgery Clinic by Nature Conservation and National Parks officials. An open wound and a fracture of the right-wing radius-ulna bones were detected due to gunshot wound in one of the pelicans. The fracture was operated with intramedullary pin fixation. In the post-mortem examination of the pelican that died one day after the operation, 249 nematodes were found in the proventriculus. On parasitological examination, the nematodes were identified as Contracaecum rudolphii and in pelicans for the first time in Türkiye. In the coprological examination of the second pelican, Contracaecum sp. eggs were detected. Complete recovery was achieved with anthelmintic and supportive treatment

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Pelican, Contracaecum rudolphii, Türkiye

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Türkiye'de bir beyaz pelikanda (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwich, 1964 (Nematoda: Anisakidae)

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Doğa koruma ve Milli Parklar yetkilileri tarafından Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Hayvan Hastanesi Cerrahi Kliniği’ne yaralı ve bitkin iki beyaz pelikan getirildi. Pelikanlardan birinde ateşli silah yaralanmasına bağlı açık yara ve sağ kanat radius-ulna kemiklerinde kırık tespit edildi. Operasyona alınan pelikan intramedüller pin fiksasyonu ile tedavi edildi. Operasyondan bir gün sonra ölen pelikanın post-mortem incelemesinde proventrikulusta 249 adet nematoda rastlandı. Parazitolojik muayenede nematodların Contracaecum rudolphii olduğu ve Türkiye'de ilk kez pelikanlarda görüldüğü belirlendi. İkinci pelikanın koprolojik muayenesinde ise Contracaecum sp. yumurtaları tespit edildi. Antelmentik ve destekleyici tedavi ile tam iyileşme sağlandı.

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Contracaecum rudolphii, pelican, Türkiye

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