Bird schistosomes of wildfowl in the Czech Republic and Poland.
In 2005, we dissected 102 wildfowl from the Czech Republic and 73 wildfowl from Poland including representatives of Anseriformes, Gruiformes and Gaviiformes. Schistosome infection was found in a total of 21 (29%) and 23 (23%) birds from Poland and the Czech Republic, respectively. All infected birds belonged to the order Anseriformes. The prevalences of nasal and visceral species were, respectively, 22% and 16% in Poland and 6% and 19% in the Czech Republic. Four species of schistosomes were found: Bilharziella polonica Kowalewski, 1895, Trichobilharzia regenti Horák, Koláfová et Dvorák, 1998, T. szidati Neuhaus, 1952, and an undetermined schistosome from the intestinal wall of Anas penelope L. The finding of T. szidati represents the first record of the parasite from natural final host since the species description.
Rudolfová
Jitka
J
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Vinicná 7, 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic. atacama@centrum.cz
Littlewood
D T J
DT
Sitko
Jiljí
J
Horák
Petr
P
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012551:Schistosomatidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D018509:DNA, Helminth; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer