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First Reports of Sarconema eurycerca and Trinoton anserinum in The Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) in Van, Turkey

Van'ın Erciş ilçesinden Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Yaban Hayvanlarını Koruma Müdürlüğüne kanadından yaralı getirilen Ötücü kuğu (Cygnus cygnus Linnaeus, 1758) cerrahi müdahalelere rağmen kurtarılamayarak ölmüştür. Kuğunun tüyleri arasında 5 adet bite, kalbinde ise 3 adet nematoda rastlanmıştır. Bitlerin Trinoton anserinum (Fabricius, 1805) türü oldukları tespit edilmiştir. Nekropsi sonrası kuğunun kalbinde nematodlar bulunmuş, nematodların morfolojik özellikleri göre Sarconema eurycerca olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ötücü kuğuda tespit edilen Sarconema eurycerca Türkiye'de ilk kez bildirilmiştir

Ötücü Kuğuda (Cygnus cygnus) Sarconema eurycerca (Filarioidea: Nematoda) ve Trinoton anserinum (Phthireptera: Amblycera)'un Van'da (Türkiye) İlk Bildirimi

Whooper swan Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) with wounded wing that found in the Ercis district of Van province was brought into Directorship of Wild Animal Protection of University of Yuzuncu Yıl. Despite the surgical interventions, the whooper swan could not be rescued. Five lice in the feather and three nematodes in the heart were found at examination of the whooper swan. These lice specimens were identified as Trinoton anserinum (Fabricius, 1805). After the necropsy, nematodes were found in the heart of the whooper swan. Nematodes were identified as Sarconema eurycerca according to their morphological pecularities. Sarconema eurycerca have been reported for the first time in Whooper swan in Van, Turkey

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