Abstract
Parasitological investigations carried out on birds in Iceland and France highlight the presence of four species of avian schistosomes from greylag geese (Anser anser L.): the european nasal species Trichobilharzia regenti and three visceral species, among which an unknown species isolated from blood vessels of the large intestine and liver. Morphological and molecular analyzes of different parasite stages (eggs, adults) revealed new species of Trichobilharzia genus - Trichobilharzia anseri sp. nov. Studies on host-parasite relationship under natural conditions, showed that the life-cycle includes the snail Radix balthica (syn. R. peregra) as intermediate host. The cercariae, already isolated in Iceland from two ponds of the Reykjavik capital area - the Family park and Tjörnin Lake - are the same as those isolated in 1999 by Kolářová et al. during the first study on Icelandic parasitic agents of cercarial dermatitis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 298-306 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Infection, Genetics and Evolution |
| Volume | 34 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information: In Iceland, the authors would like to thank Gudmundur Björnsson, Thorvaldur Th. Björnsson, Omar Dabney and the staff of the Family Park in Reykjavík for valuable help with collecting greylag geese, and Jitka Aldhoun and Libor Mikes for help with dissections of geese in 2003. Financial support was provided by the Research Fund of the University of Iceland and the PHC Jules Verne Program for French–Icelandic scientific cooperation . In France, financial support for this study was provided by ONCFS (Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage). We thank the ONCFS staff of Der-Chantecoq, especially Yves Maupois and Daniel Delorme, and LVD10 (Olivier Gibout) for providing material. In the Czech Republic, the studies were financially supported by the Charles University in Prague , Czech Republic (Research Programs PRVOUK No. P25/LF1/2 and UNCE No. 204017) and the Grant Agency of the Ministry of Health (IGA MZ CR NT 13108–4/2012). We are grateful to S. for having proofread the English. Publisher Copyright: © 2015 Elsevier B.V..Other keywords
- Anser anser
- Flyway
- Molecular biology
- Morphology
- Radix balthica
- Trichobilharzia