A passive surveillance for tick bites in humans was undertaken in the city of Istanbul (Turkey) in the summer and autumn of 2006. From 1,054 reported tick bites, most were females of Ixodes ricinus (27%) and nymphs of Hyalomma aegyptium (50%). A few adults of Hyalomma m. marginatum, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Dermacentor marginatus were also recorded. We investigated potential risk factors for I. ricinus and H. aegyptium with spatial statistics. Climate features at 1-km resolution (monthly minimum temperatures in late summer and autumn and rainfall) and vegetation features at high resolution (density and heterogeneity of forest-type vegetation as well as distance of reporting site to these vegetation features) are useful variables explaining high reporting clusters for both Ixodes and Hyalomma. While Ixodes is highly reported in dense highly heterogeneous vegetation patches, Hyalomma is commonly found in areas far from forest-type features and in the small, relatively dry vegetation patches within the urban fabric.

SummaryA laparotomy was performed in an eleven years-old female Doberman with loss of appetite, abdominal distension and signs of pain revealed multiple structures of a size reaching 1.5 cm, composed of small (6 mm or less), white, cystoid structures, with a total volume of approximately 2 liters. To follow the development of the parasitic organisms, under microscopic observation, their body fragments were also moving without changing place which came out of the abdominal cavity, these masses were transferred to tissue culture flasks containing RPMI containing 20% fetal calf serum and placed in a humidified incubator with 5% CO 2 at 37 o C. The dog survived only one week after the surgery and the autopsy showed macroscopic parasitic material, either free-floating in the peritoneal cavity or adhering to the peritoneum and viscera. A perforation one cm in diameter was observed in pyloric area on the major curvature, covered by the omentum. No parasites were present in the intestines. Microscopically there were multiple pyrogranulomatous peritonitis, hepatitis and splenitis. The morphologic features of the parasitic material collected at laparotomy were compatible with that of Mesocestoides spp. larvae. A PCR amplification was performed with mitochondrial 12S rDNA cestod-specific primers. The sequence of the isolates was 89-100% compatible with the reference Mesocestoides corti isolates published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank.

Current prevalence (1%) of E. granulosus in this study is lower than the other studies conducted in different parts of Turkey. Determination of E. granulosus with PCR in faeces without determining any parasites with either macroscopic or microscopic examinations could indicate the potential risk of dog faeces for animal owners, veterinarians and parasitology laboratory technicians.

Sarcoptes scabiei is probably the most common mite species in domestic animals. There is lack

A male Rottweiler dog was brought to the Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Veterinary Clinics with the complaint of injury. On examination, on the right rear side of the dog, Myiasis larvae were found. Twenty-seven were collected and larval mouth parts and posterior stigmas were dissected. Upon microscopic examination, the larvae of the dog were identified as third stage Lucilia spp. In the region where larvea were located, erythema, edema, and petechial hemorrhages were observed as pathological disorders.