Identification of Contracaecum rudolphii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1978) from Southern Italy
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Samples Collection
2.2. Visual Inspection and Morphological Analysis
2.3. Molecular Analysis, Data Collection, and Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sampling Area | N Birds | N. Contracaecum rudolphii (s.l.) | Location (N) | N Larvae | N Adults |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cattolica Eraclea (Platani River) | 1 | 92 | Stomach (92) | 54 | 38 |
Pantelleria | 1 | 30 | Stomach (30) | - | 30 |
Leporano Bay | 1 | 50 | Stomach (35), Intestine (15) | - | 50 |
Salso Lake | 1 | 9 | Stomach (9) | - | 9 |
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Cammilleri, G.; D’Amelio, S.; Ferrantelli, V.; Costa, A.; Buscemi, M.D.; Castello, A.; Bacchi, E.; Goffredo, E.; Mancini, M.E.; Cavallero, S. Identification of Contracaecum rudolphii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1978) from Southern Italy. Vet. Sci. 2023, 10, 194. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10030194
Cammilleri G, D’Amelio S, Ferrantelli V, Costa A, Buscemi MD, Castello A, Bacchi E, Goffredo E, Mancini ME, Cavallero S. Identification of Contracaecum rudolphii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1978) from Southern Italy. Veterinary Sciences. 2023; 10(3):194. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10030194
Chicago/Turabian StyleCammilleri, Gaetano, Stefano D’Amelio, Vincenzo Ferrantelli, Antonella Costa, Maria Drussilla Buscemi, Annamaria Castello, Emanuela Bacchi, Elisa Goffredo, Maria Emanuela Mancini, and Serena Cavallero. 2023. "Identification of Contracaecum rudolphii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1978) from Southern Italy" Veterinary Sciences 10, no. 3: 194. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10030194