title: Acuaroid nematodes in the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in the south of Spain.
abstract: The prevalence, intensity and abundance of acuaroid nematodes were determined in the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in Andalusia, Spain. Acuaroid nematodes were present in 26/41 (63.4%) of birds examined. The most common species belonged to the genus Synhimantus subgenus Synhimantus (56%): S. (S.) laticeps (36.5%), S. (S.) robertdollfusi (24.3%) and a single specimen of a third, unknown, Synhimantus (S.) spp., unlike any other described previously (2.4%). Other species identified were Synhimantus (Dispharynx) spp. (2.4%), S. (D.) nasuta (4.8%), Desportesius spinulatus (9.7%) and Skrjabinoclava spp. (2.4%). This is the first record of these three species in F. tinnunculus, but the latter two are considered to be accidental parasites in birds of prey.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus Rabanales 14071, Córdoba, Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Pedro N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: María S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Martínez-Cruz
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buffoni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Javier Martínez-Moreno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D046093:Falconiformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015995:Prevalence; D011531:Proventriculus / Q000469:parasitology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology