Three male specimens of the eyeworm, Oxyspirura chabaudi, were found duringthe post mortem examination of one individual of Turdus merula L. (Passeriformes). This is the firstrecord of Turdus merula as a host for O. chabaudi. (more…)
The identified mutations in the pfcrt, dhfr and dhps genes of Plasmodiumfalciparum show a very high correlation with resistance to chloroquine, pyrimethamine andsulfadoxine, the drugs that are still used as malaria chemoprophylaxis or treatment. We undertook amolecular screening of 82 Polish P. falciparum isolates, mainly imported from different countries ofsub-Saharan Africa to assess their molecular drug-resistance profiles. (more…)
Between May and September 2006, 640 specimens of the rabbitfish Siganusrivulatus Forsskal (Teleostei, Siganidae) were examined for infections with intestinal helminths.These fishes were caught in the Red Sea off the coast of Sharm El-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt,examined in a field laboratory and separated into three size groups of regular length intervals.Only three species of helminths were recovered: (more…)
Brasilochondria riograndensis Thatcher et Pereira, 2004 (Copepoda,Chondracanthidae) is redescribed based on newly collected material from the branchial cavity offlounder, Paralichthys orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1842), from the coasts of Buenos Aires Province,Argentina. A number of details were overlooked and some appendages were misidentified in originaldescription and are included herein. (more…)
Brasergasilus bifurcatus sp. nov. (Copepoda, Ergasilidae, Abergasilinae) isdescribed. Specimens of the new species were collected from the gills and nasal fossae of theserrasalmid fishes, known as “piranhas”, Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier, 1819) and “pirambebas”,Serrasalmus brandtii (Lutken, 1875). (more…)
Two new genera and three new species of feather mites (Astigmata,Pterolichoidea, Analgoidea) are described from two closely related species of cockatoos, Cacatuagalerita (type host) and C. sulphurea (Psittaciformes, Cacatuidae): (more…)
The present study was conducted on bats from different locations in Turkey.Of 33 bats, belonging to 10 species, 10 individuals (30.3%) of four species were infected withgamasine mites. Fifty-three mites belonging to 2 families (Spinturnicidae and Macronyssidae) werecollected. (more…)
A new species of parasitic nematode, Ascarophis (Similascarophis) richeri sp.nov. (Cystidicolidae), is described from the stomach of the marine scorpaeniform fish Hoplichthyscitrinus Gilbert (Hoplichthyidae) (prevalence 19%, intensity 1-8 nematodes per fish) collected inthe region of the Chesterfield Islands (Coral Sea, west of New Caledonia) in October 2005. The newspecies, studied using both light (more…)
