title: First Report of Echinococcus equinus in a Donkey in Turkey.
abstract: A 2-year-old female donkey (Equus asinus) was euthanized in the Pathology Department of Firat University, Elazig, Turkey. Necropsy disclosed the presence of 7 hydatid cysts distributed throughout the lung parenchyma. One of those cysts represented the parasite material of the present study and was molecularly identified through sequencing of a fragment of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase subunit 1 (NADH1) gene, as Echinococcus equinus. The generated CO1 sequence supports the presence of the dominant haplotype as has been described in Europe and Africa. The NADH1 sequence was found similar to sequences reported in equids in Egypt and the United Kingdom. The molecular identification of E. equinus in a donkey is being reported for the first time in Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat, 23119 Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simsek
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece.|Ministry of Agriculture of the Hellenic Republic, Organization of Agricultural Vocational Education, Training and Employment, Oulof Palme Odos, Ilissia, Athens 11528, Greece.
authors.forename: Erifylli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roinioti
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat, 23119 Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eroksuz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018397:Equidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D015801:Helminth Proteins
keywords: Echinococcus equinus; Turkey; donkey; molecular identification