Platyhelminthes of common buzzard (Buteo buteo): Checklist of species in Europe and new parasite-host associations in Romania

IF 2 3区医学 Q3 ECOLOGY

International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.101007

Katarzyna Anna Hołówka , Angela Monica Ionică , Mihai Ilea , Alexandru Cristian Poșa , Vlad Dan Cotuțiu , Alexandru Bulacu , Jilji Sitko , Oana Cristina Vasiliu , Andrei Daniel Mihalca , Călin Mircea Gherman

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Abstract

Background

Platyhelminthes are common parasites of diurnal birds of prey, including common buzzard (Buteo buteo). They are widely distributed in Europe. Despite the extensive study of flatworms across the continent, this study represents the first report for Romania and extends the biogeographic knowledge of Platyhelminthes in diurnal raptors. It also identifies common buzzards as a new host of Parastrigea flexilis in Europe.

Materials and methods

Between 2017 and 2020, 63 common buzzards (Buteo buteo) found road killed or dead due to other causes were collected from Romania. All specimens were necropsied and examined for internal helminths, which were preserved in ethanol for molecular identification and formaldehyde for morphological identification.

Results

Species identified included Cestoda: Cladotaenia globifera (33.3%) and five species of Trematoda: Neodiplostomum attenuatum (12.7%), Strigea falconis (6.4%), Parastrigea flexilis (3.2%), Neodiplostomum spathoides (3.2%) and Brachylaima fuscata (1.6%).

Conclusions

This study provides new data about diversity, phylogenetics and geographical distribution of Platyhelminthes parasitizing Buteo buteo in Romania. To our best knowledge, it identifies B. buteo as a new host of Parastrigea flexilis and reports the first genetic sequence of Neodiplostomum spathoides.

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普通鵟（Buteo buteo）的扁形动物：欧洲物种核对表和罗马尼亚新的寄生虫宿主关联

背景扁形动物是包括普通鵟（Buteo buteo）在内的昼行性猛禽的常见寄生虫。它们广泛分布于欧洲。尽管欧洲大陆对扁形动物进行了广泛的研究，但本研究是罗马尼亚的首份报告，扩展了昼行猛禽体内扁形动物的生物地理学知识。材料与方法在2017年至2020年间，从罗马尼亚收集了63只在路上被发现或因其他原因死亡的普通鵟（Buteo buteo）。对所有标本进行尸体解剖并检查内部蠕虫，将其保存在乙醇中进行分子鉴定，保存在甲醛中进行形态鉴定：33.3% ）和 5 种吸虫：结论这项研究提供了有关罗马尼亚疣鼻动物寄生虫的多样性、系统发育和地理分布的新数据。据我们所知，该研究确定了 B. buteo 是 Parastrigea flexilis 的新宿主，并首次报告了 Neodiplostomum spathoides 的基因序列。

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International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife Medicine-Infectious Diseases

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

5.60%

发文量

113

审稿时长

45 days

期刊介绍： The International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (IJP-PAW) publishes the results of original research on parasites of all wildlife, invertebrate and vertebrate. This includes free-ranging, wild populations, as well as captive wildlife, semi-domesticated species (e.g. reindeer) and farmed populations of recently domesticated or wild-captured species (e.g. cultured fishes). Articles on all aspects of wildlife parasitology are welcomed including taxonomy, biodiversity and distribution, ecology and epidemiology, population biology and host-parasite relationships. The impact of parasites on the health and conservation of wildlife is seen as an important area covered by the journal especially the potential role of environmental factors, for example climate. Also important to the journal is ''one health'' and the nature of interactions between wildlife, people and domestic animals, including disease emergence and zoonoses.