Cathaemasia hians in a Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) in Hungary

Liptovszky, Mátyás; Majoros, Gábor; Perge, Edina

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-48.3.809

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“…Considering trematodes, C. hians (Trematoda: Cathaemasiidae) is a well-known species which has members of family Ciconiidae as definitive hosts and are generally found in the oral cavity and sometimes in the oesophagus of these birds. However, reports of this species in Europe have been rare [12]. Black storks are more likely to be infected with this parasite than white storks (Ciconia ciconia), due to their different feeding behaviour [18].…”

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“…Information concerning parasitological fauna found in C. nigra is available in only a few published works, but data are still scarce and more studies are necessary in this area [9][10][11][12][13][14]. The main reason for this lack is related to the black stork's habitat, since these birds breed in dense wood areas where precise nesting surveys are difficult to carry out.…”

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First report of one ecto- and two endoparasite species of the black stork (Ciconia nigra) in Portugal

Ramilo

Caetano

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BackgroundThe black stork (Ciconia nigra Linnaeus, 1758) is a recognized endangered species in Europe and most of the specimens from the Western Palearctic region breed in the Iberian Peninsula. Available works regarding parasites in black storks are scarce.MethodsA black stork was captured in southern Portugal after colliding against electric cables. The specimen did not resist to injuries and a post-mortem exam was performed. During the procedure, several ecto- and endoparasites were found.ResultsThe collected parasites were lice (Neophilopterus tricolor), nematodes (Desportesius sagittatus) and trematodes (Cathaemasia hians).ConclusionsThree different parasite species are reported for the first time in a black stork from Portugal.

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First report of one ecto- and two endoparasite species of the black stork (Ciconia nigra) in Portugal

Ramilo

Caetano

Brazio

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“…Although C. hians is well known as a parasite of the storks, reports on its occurrence and prevalence of infection in the wild storks in Europe are scarce. Adult C. hians infections in Black storks were reported also from the neighbouring Hungary by several authors (Sey, 1965;Edelényi, 1974;Liptovszky et al, 2012). Merino et al (2001) described infection with C. hians in the injured adult Black stork and later in the juvenile nesting storks (Ciconia nigra) in Spain.…”

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“…In Europe this species is on the list of protected animals. The occurrence of trematodes of the family Cathaemasiidae has been confi rmed in the stork family Ciconiidae during spring migration and nesting in eastern and southern Europe (Merino et al, 2001;Karaska, 2002;Liptovszky et al, 2012;Sitko & Heneberg, 2015). The family Cathaemasiidae Fuhrmann, 1928 comprises two fl uke subfamilies, fi ve genera and 20 species (Kostadinova, 2005).…”

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“…White storks feed mainly in dry permanent pastures (Carrascal et al, 1993) and their diet is based on the arthropods and earthworms (Alonso et al, 1991). In contrast, Black storks feed on frogs, salamanders, amphibians, fi sh and molluscs, which live in the swamps and slow-fl owing waters (Merino et al, 2001;Liptovszky et al, 2012;Zhytova & Korol, 2012). The life cycle of C. hians (Rudolphi, 1809) involves molluscs of the family Planorbidae and Lymnaeidae, representing the fi rst intermediate hosts, however in Central Europe cercaria of C. hians have been confi rmed only in the great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis and the ram's horn snail Planorbis planorbis in Poland, the Czech Republic and Ukraine (Grabda-Kazubska et al, 1990;Faltýnková et al, 2008;Zhytova & Korol, 2012).…”

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Cathaemasia hians infection in Black stork in Slovakia: morphological and histopathological study

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SummaryCathaemasia hians is an obligate trematode parasite of Black storks that are on the List of protected birds in Europe. In the present study, adult trematodes were isolated from the Black stork post mortem and morphological study revealed C. hians species. In total, 10 worms were found in the oesophagus and the ventriculus of the bird. Histopathological examination of the tissue samples of oesophagus, proventriculus and ventriculus was performed on paraffi n sections using a set of staining procedures. The sporadic lesions were seen in the tela submucosa of oesophagus containing connective tissue mast cells, eosinophils and heterophils and some foci were surrounded by the fi brous tissue. In addition, a few infl ammatory nodules had larval-like material inside, probably being of the same species. There were no visible morphological alterations in the epithelial layer of lamina propria mucosae of proventriculus, rich in goblet cells as well as in the tela submucosa. Majority of trematodes were localized in the ventriculus, where the lamina propria mucosae was damaged or disrupted sporadically. In these sites, in the tela submucosa, a various food-originated inorganic/organic material and eggs of C. hians were deposited, stimulating a weak infl ammatory response. Nodules containing larvae were not observed in any of ventriculus tissue layers. This study demonstrated, for the fi rst time, infection with adults of C. hians trematode in the Black stork nesting in Slovakia. The presence of larvae and eggs in the tissues of the upper gastrointestinal tract of bird was associated with mild infl ammatory response but feeding behaviour of adult worms in the ventriculus probably contributed to the enhanced susceptibility of the lamina propria mucosae to mechanical damage by inorganic material. Although larval stages have not yet been documented in the intermediate hosts in Slovakia, our report indicates that the life cycle of C. hians might occur in Central Europe.

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Ciconiiformes (Herons, Ibises, Spoonbills, Storks)

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2015

Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 8

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Cathaemasia hians in a Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) in Hungary

Cited by 9 publications

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First report of one ecto- and two endoparasite species of the black stork (Ciconia nigra) in Portugal

First report of one ecto- and two endoparasite species of the black stork (Ciconia nigra) in Portugal

Cathaemasia hians infection in Black stork in Slovakia: morphological and histopathological study

Ciconiiformes (Herons, Ibises, Spoonbills, Storks)

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