title: Spiculopteragia asymmetrica infection in Cervus elaphus from Iran.
abstract: Spiculopteragia asymmetrica is a gastrointestinal nematode frequently found in the abomasum of cervids. During December and February 2010, two red deer were died in Semeskandeh sanctuary in Mazandaran province. Moreover, five live deer from mentioned area were treated by Ivermectin and collected feces of these animals were used for assessment helminthes infection by parasitological methods. Several nematodes were recovered in abomasums and in fecal samples of treated animals. Number of worms recovered from abomasums of two dead animals were 275 (90 male and 185 female) from the first one and 327 (102 male and 225 female) from the second. Based on morphological characteristics nematodes were diagnosed as S . asymmetrica. This is the first report of existence of S . asymmetrica from cervids in Iran.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran;
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Youssefi
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Seyed Hossein
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hoseini
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Public health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Iraj
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mobedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran;
authors.forename: Seyed Mohammad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Chaloos Branch, Chaloos, Iran.
authors.forename: Behrang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ekrami
keywords: Abomasum; Cervus elaphus; Iran; Spiculoptenagia asymmetrica