PARASITIC HELMINTHS OF THE STARLING STURNUS VULGARIS LINNAEUS, 1758 IN BAGHDAD CITY, CENTRAL IRAQ

Authors

  • Azhar Ahmed Al-Moussawi Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Hany Saber Al-Hamdany Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

Keywords:

Starling, Sturnus vulgaris, Passerilepis crenata, Dispharynx nasuta, Baghdad, Iraq.

Abstract

    Twenty-two of the Starling Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 were collected in Baghdad city during the period from January to September, 2014, and examined for endoparasites. Ten (45.45%) were found infected with either the cestode Passerilepis crenata (Goeze, 1782) (31.81%) or the nematode Dispharynx nasuta (Rudolphi, 1819) (13.63 %). Morphometric and meristic features for these worms were expressed. D. nasuta is recorded here for the first time from S. vulgaris for Iraq.

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Published

2015-07-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Original Articles