CONTRACAECUMRUDOLPHII HARTWICH, 1964 (NEMATODA: ANISAKIDAE) IN THE CORMORANT PHALACROCORAXCARBO (LINNAEUS, 1758) WINTERING IN BAGHDAD AREA: A NEW HOST RECORD IN IRAQ

Authors

  • Azhar A. Al-Moussawi
  • Mohammad K. Mohammad Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

Keywords:

cormorant; Phalacrocorax carbo; Contracaecum rudolphii, nematoda, Anisakidae.

Abstract

The ascaroid nematode Contracaecum rudolphii was recovered in large numbers from the
digestive tract of Phalacrocorax carbo collected in Baghdad area, Central Iraq. The infection
rates of the two sexes of the bird and some meristic and morphometric characters of the
parasite that allowed species determination of the nematode Contracaecum rudolphii were
discussed. This finding represents a new host record for this nematode in Iraq.

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Published

2011-07-01

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