ÖZLEM ORUNÇ KILINÇ, Yaşar GÖZ, ALİ BİLGİN YILMAZ, LOĞMAN ASLAN

First report on heavy uncinaria (Dochmoides) sp. (Nematoda: Ancylostomatidae) infection in Brown bear (Ursus arctos) cub, in Van province, eastern anatolian region of Turkey

Nisan 2014te 6 aylık erkek boz ayı yavrusu Vanın Saray ilçesinde bulunarak Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Yaban Hayvanlarını Koruma Müdürlüğüne getirildi. Klinik olarak çok kötü durumdaki ayı yavrusu tüm müdahalelere rağmen 2 gün sonra öldü. Postmortem patolojik ve parazitolojik incelemelerde yavru ayının ince bağırsakları yüzeyine tutunmuş olarak çok sayıda beyaz renkli ve yaklaşık 1 cm uzunluğunda kancalı kurtlar ve şiddetli hemorajik enterit saptandı. Mikroskopla yapılan incelemeler sonucunda nematodların Uncinaria spp. olduğu sonucuna varıldı. Türkiyede boz ayılarda Uncinaria spp. enfeksiyonu ilk defa bu olgu sunumuyla bildirilmiştir.

Türkiyenin Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi Van İlinde bir boz ayı yavrusunda şiddetli Uncinaria (Dochmoides) sp. (Nematoda: Ancylostomatidae) enfeksiyonu ile ilgili ilk bildiri

On April 2014, 6 months old male Brown bear cub that found in the Saray district of Van province was brought into Directorship of Wild Animal Protection of University of Yüzüncü Yıl. Despite all the intervation, bear cub, very poor condition in clinically, dead after two days. In postmortem patological and parasitological examination were detecded severe hemorrhagic enteritis and many hookworms with white colour and approximately 1 cm diameter in surface of the small intestine. In stereo microscopic examinations, it was concluded that this worms are Uncinaria spp. This case report represents the first time Uncinaria spp. have been reported in Brown bear in Turkey.

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