A Helminthological Survey of Four Families of Waterfowl (Ardeidae, Rallidae, Scolopacidae and Phalaropodidae) from Hokkaido, Japan

Abstract

This is a survey of the parasitic helminths of 71 individuals of 14 species of waterfowl belonging to the families Ardeidae, Rallidae, Scolopacidae and

Parasitic helminths in grey heron (Ardea cinerea) chicks

“…Nematodes of the Porrocaecum genus are found in many bird species linked to both aquatic and terrestrial environments (Vicente 1995;Ferrer et al 2004;Papazahariadou et al 2008;Yoshino et al 2009;Fanke et al 2011). These parasites have a complex life cycle that includes animals associated with both aquatic and terrestrial habitats (oligochaetes, crustaceans, fish and small mammals).…”

Composition, structure and pattern of helminth assemblages associated with central European herons (Ardeidae)

“…Several helminths that are highly prevalent in the South Ukraine are also incidentally recorded in the Czech Republic, and must be brought in by occasional pre-migration or migration movements to the Black Sea coast or other maritime areas. Detailed species-specific comparison of our data with the datasets from the Ukraine [20,30], Slovakia [34], Spain [38] and Japan [25] is provided in Suppl. Tables 2-4. A particular helminth species can be usually found across the entire distribution range of their migrating bird hosts.…”

“…In Eurasia, data are available from Japan [25], Azerbaijan (trematodes only) [26], Iraq [27], Russia [28,29], Ukraine [20,30], former Yugoslavia [31], Bulgaria (trematodes only) [32], Hungary (cestodes only) [33], Slovakia [34,35], Czech Republic [24], Germany [36] and Spain [37,38]. This is similar to the Americas, with widely available checklists, but with only a limited number of detailed studies [39][40][41][42].…”

Parasitic Helminths Obtained from Okinawa Rails Gallirallus okinawae

“…Skrjabinoclava cincli, S. halcyoni and S. horrida have been previously recorded in the Brown dipper Cinclus pallasii, Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda bangsi and Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus from Japan (Uchida et al 1991, Yoshino et al 2009). Skrjabinoclava amaurornae and S. rallae have been found in the White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus and the Slaty-breasted Rail G. striatus, respectively, in the Philippines (Schmidt & Kuntz 1972).…”

“…In Japan, Plagiorhynchus (Prothorhynchus) charadrii and P. (P.) malayensis have been found in the Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius and White-breasted Waterhen, respectively (Uchida et al 1991, Yoshino et al 2009). Acanthocephalans, including the genus Plagiorhynchus, are regarded as highly pathogenic agents responsible for severe, and sometimes fatal, enteritis in various wild and captive birds (Friend & Franson 1999, Asakawa et al 2002.…”