Spiculopteragia asymmetrica Infection in Cervus elaphus from Iran

Spiculopteragia asymmetrica is a gastrointestinal nematode frequently found in the abomasum of cervids. During December and February ۲۰۱۰, two red deer were died in Semeskandeh sanctuary in Mazandaran province. Moreover, five live deer from mentioned area were treated by Ivermectin and collected feces of these animals were used for assessment helminthes infection by parasitological methods. Several nematodes were recovered in abomasums and in fecal samples of treated animals. Number of worms recovered from abomasums of two dead animals were ۲۷۵ (۹۰ male and ۱۸۵ female) from the first one and ۳۲۷ (۱۰۲ male and ۲۲۵ female) from the second. Based on morphological characteristics nematodes were diagnosed as S. asymmetrica. This is the first report of existence of S. asymmetrica from cervids in Iran.

کلیدواژه ها:

Abomasum ، Cervus elaphus ، Iran ، Spiculoptenagia asymmetrica