We investigated migratory birds’ role in spreading Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) through attached ticks. We detected CCHFV RNA in ticks on migratory birds in Turkey. Two isolates showed similarity with CCHFV genotype 4, suggesting a role for ticks in CCHFV epidemics in Turkey and spread of CCHFV by birds.

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A coprologic study was conducted to determine the prevalence of helminth infections at the Samsun Zoo, Turkey. There are 184 animals comprising 45 species or subspecies, including 23 ruminants, three equines, 21 carnivores, 10 rabbits, two primates, two kangaroos, and 123 birds in the zoo. Fecal samples of zoo animals were collected and examined four times from 2006 to 2007: in September, December, March, and June. In four seasons, coprologic analysis revealed that 123 of 338 (36.4%) fecal samples were infected with different helminths types, including one trematode, one cestode, and 12 nematodes eggs or larvae. Species included Dicrocoelium spp. (0.9%), Moniezia spp. (1.1%), Toxascaris leonina (7.1%), Toxocara spp. (8.6%), Uncinaria stenocephala (1.4%), Dictyocaulus filaria (1.9%), Muellerius spp. (14.1%), strongyle type (20.7%), Strongylus edentatus (8.3%), Cyathostomum spp. (66.7%), Trichuris spp. (3.9%), capillarid type (9.5%), Ascaridia spp. (1.9%), and Heterakis spp. (12%).

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Echinococcus multilocularis Cestoda sınıfı, Taeniidae ailesinde yer alan, hayat döngüsü tilki ve çeşitli yabani kemiriciler arasında seyreden zoonoz bir parazittir. Tilkiler parazitin öncelikli sonkonağı olmakla birlikte birçok yabani karnivor ile evcil köpek ve kedilerde de parazite rastlanır. Biyolojisinde Cricetidae ve Muridae ailelerindeki türler başta olmak üzere çok sayıda yabani kemirgenin arakonaklık yaptığı bildirilmiştir. Morfolojik olarak "küçük tip" bir sestod olan (1,2-4,5 cm), genellikle 4-5 halkadan oluşan ergin parazitler sonkonaklarda ince bağırsağa yerleşir ve klinik olarak önemsizdir. Larva formu olan metasestodlar ise oldukça patojendir, primer olarak karaciğere yerleştikten sonra diğer organlara metastazlar yapar