Helminth Parasites From Vertebrates Taken in the Sudan (East Africa)

Myers, Betty-June; Wolfgang, R. W.; Kuntz, Robert E.

doi:10.1139/z60-086

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“…It has been possible to identify metacercaria type I as the larval stage of Clinostomum complanatum (Rudolphi, 1809) by feeding the metacercariae to chicks, ducklings and young pigeons and recovering adults from a pigeon. C. complanatum has been reported from the pelican Pelecanus rufescens in the Sudan (Myers et al 1960).…”

Section: Digeneamentioning

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Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of the Sudan

Khalil

1969

Journal of Zoology

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2419 freshwater fishes from the Sudan were examined for helminth parasites and found to harbour one monogenean species, 15 species of adult digenetic trematodes, three species of larval trematodes, 16 species of adult cestodes, 13 species of adult nematodes, two species of larval nematodes and three species of acanthocephalans. Four species of adults and four species of larval worms are recorded for the first time in the Sudan and 30 new hosts are listed. The intensity of infestation of each species, the host‐specificity and the variations in the infestation of fishes are discussed. The helminth fauna of the Sudan is compared with that of other African countries.

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Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of the Sudan

Khalil

1969

Journal of Zoology

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“…While not many comprehensive studies have been conducted on the helminth fauna of amphibians and reptiles in the Afrotropics, there have been some localised studies as well as literature surveys with regard to helminth parasites in these host groups (e.g. Myers et al, 1960;Hering-Hagenbeck & Boomker, 2000;Canaris & Gardner, 2003;Aisien et al, 2004Aisien et al, , 2009McAllister et al, 2010). Interestingly, none of these list members of Meteterakis, despite the fact that the checklist of Hering-Hagenbeck & Boomker (2000), for example, represented 20 snake and 21 lizard species, including members of the four saurian families known to be hosts of Meteterakis spp.…”

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Meteterakis saotomensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterakidae) from Schistometopum thomense (Bocage) (Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae) on São Tomé Island

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Meteterakis saotomensis n. sp. is described from Schistometopum thomense (Bocage), a gymnophionan endemic to the oceanic island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea. The specimens were assigned to Meteterakis Karve, 1930, based on the possession of a head with three rounded lips, not set-off from the body, the absence of interlabia and cordons, females with a long vagina and males with a preanal sucker, surrounded by a cuticularised rim and caudal alae that are supported by fleshy papillae. The new species is characterised by: body length 4.2-4.5 mm (males) and 5.1-6.4 mm (females); total length of oesophagus, including pharyngeal portion and oesophageal bulb, 820-856 µm (males) and 898-1,070 µm (females); length of pharynx 57-58 µm (males) and 65-68 µm (females); spicules equal, 410-521 µm long, with tessellated ornamentation throughout their length and alae, and with bevelled tip; gubernaculum or 'gubernacular mass' absent; tail length 164-176 µm (males) and 214-239 µm (females), with elongated tip; vulva at 2.3-2.8 mm from anterior end, with anterior lip forming small flap. This is the second species of Meteterakis reported from gymnophionan hosts and the first from the Afrotropical region. Selected comparative morphological data for Meteterakis spp. are presented, and data on host range and geographic distribution are updated. The name M. striaturus Oshmarin & Demshin, 1972 is corrected to M. striatura to reflect the female gender of the genus name.

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“…Ascaris galli Schrank, 1788;Fusaria inflexa Zeder, 1800(Baylis 1932, cited in Yamaguti 1961Fusaria reflexa Zeder, 1800, in part;Fusaria strumosa Zeder, 1800, in part (López-Neyra 1946, cited in Yamaguti 1961; Heterakis brasiliensis Magalhães, 1892(Pinto & Lins de Almeida 1935, cited in Yamaguti 1961; Heterakis granulosa Von Linstow, 1906 (Baylis 1932, cited in Yamaguti 1961; Ascaridia hamia Lane, 1914 Domestic chicken, guineafowl Yamaguti (1961), Europe, Japan Alectoris, Bonasa, Cairina, Colinus, duck, Ithaginis, Ly rurus, Meleagris, Numida meleagris, Perdix, Pha sianus, Streptopelia, Tetrao, Tympanuchus Yamaguti (1961), Cosmopolitan Domestic chicken Poulsen et al (2000), Ghana Magwisha et al (2002), Tanzania Permin et al (2002), Zimbabwe Numida meleagris Ayeni et al (1983) Alectoris, Guttera Yamaguti (1961), Africa Guineafowl Yamaguti (1961), Puerto Rico Bwangamoi (1968), Uganda Numida meleagris Graber (1959), Chad Yamaguti (1961, Africa, the White Nile Myers et al (1960), Sudan Fabiyi (1972, Nigeria Hodasi (1976), Ghana Vercruysse et al (1985), Burkina Faso Verster & Ptasinska-Kloryga (1987), South Africa…”

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A check list of the helminths of guineafowls (Numididae) and a host list of these parasites

Junker

Boomker²

2007

Onderstepoort J Vet Res

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Published and personal records have been compiled into a reference list of the helminth parasites of guineafowls. Where data on other avian hosts was available these have been included for completeness' sake and to give an indication of host range. The parasite list for the Helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris, includes five species of acanthocephalans, all belonging to a single genus, three trematodes belonging to three different genera, 34 cestodes representing 15 genera, and 35 nematodes belonging to 17 genera. The list for the Crested guineafowls, Guttera edouardi, contains a single acanthocephalan together with 10 cestode species belonging to seven genera, and three nematode species belonging to three different genera. Records for two cestode species from genera and two nematode species belonging to a single genus have been found for the guineafowl genus Acryllium. Of the 70 helminths listed for N. meleagris, 29 have been recorded from domestic chickens.

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Helminth Parasites From Vertebrates Taken in the Sudan (East Africa)

Abstract: This paper comprises a list of the parasites from vertebrates collected in the Sudan (East Africa) by the U. S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3.

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Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of the Sudan

Studies on the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes of the Sudan

Meteterakis saotomensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterakidae) from Schistometopum thomense (Bocage) (Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae) on São Tomé Island

A check list of the helminths of guineafowls (Numididae) and a host list of these parasites

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