Publication: Parasitofauna survey of song thrushes (Turdus philomelos) from the eastern part of Spain
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Cardells-Peris, Jesús ; Ortega-Porcel, Joaquín ; Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío ; Martínez-Herrero, María Carmen ; Garijo Toledo, María Magdalena ; Gonzálvez Juan, Moisés
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Elsevier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2020.102176
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© 2020. This document is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
This document is the accepted version of a published work that appeared in final form in
Parasitology International.
Abstract
Thrushes (Turdus spp.) are migratory passerine birds found in northern Europe during the summer months and in
southern Europe and north of Africa during the winter. They constitute an important small game bird group very
appreciated by Spanish hunters. Between October 2013 and February 2014, 90 adult song thrushes were collected
for their exam. After necropsies, three species of helminths were macroscopically recovered from 15 birds
(16.7%): Morishitium sp. (16.7%), Splendidofilaria mavis (6.7%) and Dilepis undula (7.8%). One of them showed
an adult cestode in the lung. Moreover, 12 of the positive thrushes (80%) harboured microfilaria in pulmonary
blood vessels and three of them (20%) were infected by Sarcocystis sp. on skeletal musculature. All parasitized
birds showed lesions, ranging from mild to moderate airsacculitis, bronchitis and coelomitis associated to
Morishitium sp. infection. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first description of Sarcocystis spp. in song
thrushes from Spain. Our results reveal the need for further studies to evaluate the epidemiological role of song
thrushes as spreaders of parasites during their annual migration
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