title: Helminths of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey.
abstract: Fifteen roe deer were examined at necropsy from Northern Turkey in the period 2006-2010 for the helminth infections. Totally 6470 helminth specimens were collected and identified by morphological criteria. Twenty-five helminth species were identified (1 of the Class Trematoda, 1 of Cestoda and 23 of Nematoda). Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Prevalence 20%) was found in liver. Cysticercus tenuicollis (6.6%) was found in mesentery. Haemonchus contortus (53.3%), Ostertagia leptospicularis (73.3%), O. leptospicularis (minor morph: kolchida) (53.3%), Ostertagia ostertagi (26.6%), Spiculopteragia spiculoptera (66.6%), S. spiculoptera (minor morph: mathevossiani) (6.6%), Teladorsagia circumcincta (40.0%), T. circumcincta (minor morph: davtiani) (6.6%), T. circumcincta (minor morph: trifurcata) (6.6%), Trichostrongylus axei (66.6%) were found in abomasum. Trichostrongylus andreevi (6.6%), T. colubriformis (6.6%), T. longispicularis (26.6%), T. vitrinus (40.0%), T. capricola (6.6%), Cooperia oncophora (26.6%), C. punctata (6.6%), Nematodirus filicollis (66.6%), and Capillaria bovis (26.6%) were found in small intestine. Oesophagostomum venulosum (46.6%), Chabertia ovina (26.6%), and Trichuris ovis (13.3%) were found in large intestine. Dictyocaulus capreolus (6.6%) was found in lungs.
authors: Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kurupelit 55139, Samsun, Turkey. cbolukbas@omu.edu.tr
authors: Cenk Soner
authors: CS
authors: Bolukbas
authors: Ali Tumay
authors: AT
authors: Gurler
authors: Yunus Emre
authors: YE
authors: Beyhan
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Acici
authors: Sinasi
authors: S
authors: Umur
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer; D005260:Female; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology