A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE PARASITOLOGICAL FAUNA OF TURKEY IN THE REGIONS OF MACEDONIA AND THESSALIA
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IN THIS WORK 250 TURKEYS WERE EXAMINED BY NECROPSY. 180 BIRDS ORIGINATED FROM MACEDONIA AND 70 FROM THESSALIA. 96 WERE MALE AND 154 FEMALE. TURKEYS AGED 10 DAYS TO 10 MONTHS. 161 BIRDS (64,4%) WERE FOUND TO BE INFECTED BY 21 DIFFERENT PARASITIC SPECIES. ANALYTICALLY, THESE SPECIES INCLUDE 3 PROTOZOA (2 ZOOMASTIGOPHORASIDA, 1 SPOROZOADIA), 12 WORMS (1 TREMATO, 4 CESTOD 7 NEMATODA) AND 6 ARTHROPODA (5 LICES AND 1 TICK). THE FOLLOWING (8) PARASITES WERE FOUND FOR THE FIRSTTIME IN GREECE HYMENOLEPIS CARIOCA (CESTODE), ASCARIDIA DISSIMILIS, GONGYLONEMA INGLUVICOLA (NEMATODA), MENOPON GALLINAE, MENACANTHUS STRAMINEOUS, CHELOPISTES MELEAGRIDIS, GONIOCOTES GALLINAE AND LIPEARUS POLYTRAPERIUS (LICES). IN ADDITION THE FOLLOWING PARASITES PREVIOUSLY FOUND IN OTHER BIRDS OR MAMMALS WERE FORTHE FIRST TIME IDENTIFIED IN TURKEYS IN GREECE. BRACHYLAEMUS COMMUTATUS (TREMATODE), RAILIETINA ECHINOBOTHRIDA (CESTODE#C, ACUARIA SPIRALIS (NEMATODE) AND HYALOMA MARGINATUM (TICK). FINALLY, THE LICE GONIOCOTES ...
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