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Tschertkovilepis krabbei

Description

Tschertkovilepis krabbei (Kowalewski, 1895) (Fig. 2, f).

Site of infe c t ion: intestine; P — 14.3% (3 of 21); I — 2.3 (1–4).

This species is a parasite of various anseriform birds, often found in geese. It was found in domestic geese across Ukraine (Smogorzhevskaya, 1976). In A. albifrons, the species was reported in the USA, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, and Russia (McDonald, 1969; Czapliński et al., 1992; Kamburov & Vasilev, 1972; Spasskaya, 1966).

P hy l u m Nematoda

C l a s s Chromadorea

Fa m i l y Amidostomatidae Travassos, 1919

Notes

Published as part of Greben, O., Dupak, V. & Kuzmina, T., 2025, Helminth Community Of Wintering Greater White-Fronted Geese, Anser Albifrons (Anseriformes, Anatidae), In The South Of Ukraine, pp. 571-588 in Zoodiversity 59 (6) on page 577, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2025.06.571, http://zenodo.org/record/20505946

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References

  • Smogorzhevskaya, L. A. 1976. Gelminty vodoplavajushchikh i bolotnyh ptic fauny Ukrainy. Naukova Dumka, Kyiv, 1-416 [In Russian].
  • McDonald, M. E. 1969. Catalogue of helminths of waterfowl (Anatidae). Government Printing Office, Washington, 1-692. (Fish and Wildlife Service Special Scientific Report - Wildlife no 126)
  • Czaplinski, B., Sulgostowska, T. & Czaplinska, D. 1992. Katalog fauny pasozytniczej Polski. Catalogus Faunae Parasiticae Poloniae, Czesc IV. Pasozyty ptakow Parasiti Avium, Zeszyt 2 A. Tasiemce - Cestoda [Catalogue of parasitic fauna of Poland, Part IV. Parasites of birds, Tapeworms - Cestoda]. Polskie Towarzystwo Parazytologiczne, Warszawa, 1-184.
  • Kamburov, P., Vasilev, I. 1972. Helminth fauna of waterfowl in Bulgaria. In: Vasilev, I., Kakacheva-Avramova, D., Daskalov, P., Komandarev, S. eds. Bulletin of the Central Helminthological Laboratory Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 15. Publishing Hous of the Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, 109-133 [In Bulgarian].
  • Spasskaya, L. P. 1966. Cestodes of the birds of the USSR, Hymenolepididae. Nauka, Moskow, 1-698 [In Russian].