GÖKMEN ZAFER PEKMEZCİ, BANU YARDIMCI, ALİ TÜMAY GÜRLER, CENK SONER BÖLÜKBAŞ, MUSTAFA AÇICI, ŞİNASİ UMUR

Survey on the presence of nematodes and associated with pathology in marine mammals from Turkish waters

Türkiye’deki deniz memelilerinin nematodlarının varlığı yeterince bilinmemektedir. 2009-2012 yılları arasında sahile vuran bir şişe burunlu yunus (Tursiops truncatus) ile dört liman yunusunun (Phocoena phocoena) nekropsileri yapıldı. Marmara Denizinde sahile vuran liman yunusu sadece üç tür akciğer kurdu (Metastrongyloidea): Stenurus minor, Halocercus invaginatus ve H. taurica ile enfekte idi. Karadeniz’deki şişe burunlu yunus ile liman yunuslarının sindirim kanalı ve incelenen organlarında anisakid, filarioid, pseudaliid ve spirurid nematodlar bulunamadı. Bu araştırma Türkiye sularında H. taurica’nın ilk coğrafik kaydını göstermektedir. Bununla birlikte S. minor Karadeniz kıyılarındaki liman yunuslarında ilk ve yeni konak olarak kaydedilmiştir. Ayrıca akciğer kurtları ile ilgili patolojik bulgular da sunulmuştur.

Türkiye suları’ndaki deniz memelilerinde nematodların varlığının araştırılması ve patolojisi

Presence of marine mammal nematodes in Turkey is poorly known. One bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and four harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded on the Turkish coast were examined at necropsy between 2009 and 2012. Harbour porpoise stranded from Marmara Sea were only infected by three species of lungworms (Metastrongyloidea): Stenurus minor, Halocercus invaginatus and H. taurica. Anisakid, pseudaliid, filarioid and spirurid nematodes were not found in the investigated organs and alimentary canal from harbour porpoises and bottlenose dolphin from Black Sea. The present study represents the first geographic record of H. taurica from Turkish waters. Moreover, S. minor is the first and new host record of harbour porpoise from the coast of Black Sea. Additionally, pathological findings associated with lungworms are also presente.

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