Helminth parasites of the digestive tract of the oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus, in the Wadden Sea, The Netherlands

Borgsteede, F.H.M.; Broek, E. van den; Swennen, C.

doi:10.1016/0077-7579(88)90020-8

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“…Such a high diversity of trematode parasites seems likely due to the high abundance of intermediate as well as final hosts in the Wadden Sea. The complex life cycles of trematodes can easily be completed and this results in a high parasite load in mollusc intermediate hosts, as shown in this study, but also in bird final hosts (Loos-Frank 1971c; Borgsteede et al 1988;Thieltges et al 2006). ''Sites'' were used as replicates, hence n = 2-6 (see Table 1 The use of various groups of organisms as hosts at different developmental stages results in a complex web of interactions between trematode parasites and their hosts (Table 3).…”

Section: Parasite Community Compositionmentioning

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Macroparasite community in molluscs of a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea

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We provide a quantitative inventory of macroparasites in intertidal molluscs from a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea (eastern North Sea). Gastropods and bivalves contained a species rich macroparasite community consisting of trematodes (26 species), turbellarians (1), nematodes (1), copepods (2) and polychaetes (1) in 3,800 host individuals from 10 host species. Highest parasite burdens were observed in the gastropods Hydrobia ulvae and Littorina littorea and in the bivalves Cerastoderma edule and Mytilus edulis. In contrast, only one parasite species and no trematodes were found in Crepidula fornicata. The parasite community in the molluscs was similar to other Western European localities but some parasite species showed obvious differences, related to the large-scale distribution of intermediate and final hosts. Parasitism seems to be a common phenomenon in molluscs of the Wadden Sea and hence the detrimental effects observed in experiments can be expected to frequently happen in the field.

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Section: Parasite Community Compositionmentioning

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Macroparasite community in molluscs of a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea

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“…brevicolle on the Exe. Loos-Frank (1968) and Lauckner (1983) reported that this species used various shorebirds and gulls as final host and Borgsteede et al (1988), working on the Wadden Sea, reported it from eider ducks (Somateria mollisima) and scoters (Melanita spp.). We did not find F!…”

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“…brevicolle and M. rectacantha in oystercatchers (Borgsteede et al 1988;Horne 19734). These data are not strictly comparable but are useful for determining the generality of patterns on the Exe (Table 1).…”

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“…Prevalence and mean intensity of M. rectacantha were similar between the Exe and Ythan estuaries, with the exception of juvenile oystercatchers from the Exe, where mean intensity was at least an order of magnitude higher. Infection data for this species were not provided for oystercatchers collected on the Wadden Sea (Borgsteede et al 1988), although the authors note that it was very common. …”

Section: Infection Patterns In Oystercatchersmentioning

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Population dynamics of two species of intestinal helminth in oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus)

Goater¹,

Goss‐Custard²,

Kennedy³

1995

Can. J. Zool.

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The cestode Micrasomacanthus rectacantha and the trematode Psilostomum brevicolle are the two most common intestinal helminths of oystercatchers, Haematopus ostralegus, on the Exe estuary, England. Each was present in 57 of 60 birds, in numbers ranging from 1 to 9833 and from 1 to 182, respectively. Cockles (Cerastoderma edule) were used as paratenic host by M. rectacantha and as second intermediate host by P. brevicolle. Over 90% of the transmission of M. rectacantha from intermediate hosts occurred in winter, between cockles and juvenile birds. Exposure to M. rectacantha was highest in cockles from muddy sites, where up to 80% of older cockles were infected with 1–14 larvae. Exposure to P. brevicolle was similarly high at one sandy site. Juveniles also made up > 90% of the birds present on the estuary in summer, when significantly more worms were gravid. Estimates based on the numbers of uterine eggs per individual P. brevicolle showed that 8 % of the total Exe population of oystercatchers (ca. 200) contributed 51% of the eggs to the estuary. The results implicate host age, host feeding preference, and host population structure as important factors determining variation in helminth abundance in birds.

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“…For each bird species, they give only a few helminths and in almost half of the cases only one. The helminths of some birds, or group of birds, have been studied more extensively, such as the oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) (Borgsteede et al, 1988), Passeri-...........…”

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Species of the nematode genus Amidostomum Railliet and Henry, 1909 in aquatic birds in the Netherlands

Borgsteede¹,

Kavetska²,

Zoun³

2006

Helminthologia

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98 SummaryThe presence of gizzard worms belonging to the genus Amidostomum was studied in birds in the Netherlands during the period 1975 -2003. Amidostomum acutum was found in Anatidae: Anas acuta, A. clypeata, A. crecca, A. penelope, A. platyrynchos, A. strepera The prevalence is only given for bird species where ten or more individuals had been investigated: Anas platyrhynchos (n = 14): 21.4 %; Melanitta nigra (n = 12): 91.7 %; Somateria mollissima (n = 117): 100 %; Anser albifrons (n = 11): 100 % and Cygnus olor (n = 10): 60 %. Based on the present results, much more attention should be paid to the systematics, the epidemiological pattern and the pathogenicity of worms of this genus.

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Helminth parasites of the digestive tract of the oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus, in the Wadden Sea, The Netherlands

Cited by 12 publications

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Macroparasite community in molluscs of a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea

Macroparasite community in molluscs of a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea

Population dynamics of two species of intestinal helminth in oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus)

Species of the nematode genus Amidostomum Railliet and Henry, 1909 in aquatic birds in the Netherlands

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