title: [The helminth fauna of indigenous white storks (Ciconia ciconia)].
abstract: 120 carcasses of white storks originating from the federal countries Saxonia-Anhalt and Brandenburg where examined between 1994 and 2000 for internal parasites. The established parasite spectrum consisted of 8 trematode (Tylodelphis excavata, Chaunocephalus ferox, Cathemasia hians, Echinostoma revolutum, Echinoparyphium sp., Monilifer spinulosus, Ignavia ciconiae and Brachylaimus sp.), 4 cestode (Anomotaenia discoidea and 3 Hymenolepidae species) and at least 3 nematode species (Capillaria spp., Syngamus palustris and Contracaecum microcephalum). 5 of the helminths are considered to be stork specific. Considering host age groups the highest percentage of infected birds was found in adults.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Parasitologie und Internationale Tiergesundheit, Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Thoralf
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shimalov
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001717:Birds; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006376:Helminths / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity