Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> along the Coasts of Sicily and the North West Adriatic Sea
We provide new data on the presence of helminth parasites in 64 individual loggerhead sea turtles <i>Caretta caretta</i> stranded along the coasts of Sicily and the northwest Adriatic Sea between June 2014 and August 2016. The necropsy examination revealed 31 individuals (48.4%) positive...
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| author | Antonino Gentile Tullia Amato Andrea Gustinelli Maria Letizia Fioravanti Delia Gambino Vincenzo Randazzo Giulia Caracappa Domenico Vicari Marco Arculeo |
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| description | We provide new data on the presence of helminth parasites in 64 individual loggerhead sea turtles <i>Caretta caretta</i> stranded along the coasts of Sicily and the northwest Adriatic Sea between June 2014 and August 2016. The necropsy examination revealed 31 individuals (48.4%) positive for endoparasites, showing a greater prevalence of trematodes than nematodes. In particular, seven species and a single genus of Trematoda (<i>Hapalotrema</i>) and a single species and genus of Nematoda (<i>Kathlania</i>) were identified. Among the Digenea flukes the species with the highest prevalence of infection were <i>Rhytidodes gelatinosus</i> (34.6%) and <i>Hapalotrema</i> sp. (33.3%), while among the Nematoda they were <i>Kathlania</i> sp. (33.3%) and <i>Sulcascaris sulcata</i> (33.3%). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied among the recovery sites of the stranded loggerhead sea turtles and prevalence of endoparasites was used to highlight any relationship between the parasites and the origin of the hosts. ANOVA showed significant differences (<i>p</i> < 0.001) among the data used. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-882b3748e24642a7b8abaecd1be5bac92023-11-21T19:47:32ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152021-05-01115140810.3390/ani11051408Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> along the Coasts of Sicily and the North West Adriatic SeaAntonino Gentile0Tullia Amato1Andrea Gustinelli2Maria Letizia Fioravanti3Delia Gambino4Vincenzo Randazzo5Giulia Caracappa6Domenico Vicari7Marco Arculeo8Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia “A. Mirri”, Via Marinuzzi 3, 90100 Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell’Emilia, ItalyDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell’Emilia, ItalyDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell’Emilia, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia “A. Mirri”, Via Marinuzzi 3, 90100 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia “A. Mirri”, Via Marinuzzi 3, 90100 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia “A. Mirri”, Via Marinuzzi 3, 90100 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia “A. Mirri”, Via Marinuzzi 3, 90100 Palermo, ItalyDepartment STEBICEF, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, 90123 Palermo, ItalyWe provide new data on the presence of helminth parasites in 64 individual loggerhead sea turtles <i>Caretta caretta</i> stranded along the coasts of Sicily and the northwest Adriatic Sea between June 2014 and August 2016. The necropsy examination revealed 31 individuals (48.4%) positive for endoparasites, showing a greater prevalence of trematodes than nematodes. In particular, seven species and a single genus of Trematoda (<i>Hapalotrema</i>) and a single species and genus of Nematoda (<i>Kathlania</i>) were identified. Among the Digenea flukes the species with the highest prevalence of infection were <i>Rhytidodes gelatinosus</i> (34.6%) and <i>Hapalotrema</i> sp. (33.3%), while among the Nematoda they were <i>Kathlania</i> sp. (33.3%) and <i>Sulcascaris sulcata</i> (33.3%). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied among the recovery sites of the stranded loggerhead sea turtles and prevalence of endoparasites was used to highlight any relationship between the parasites and the origin of the hosts. ANOVA showed significant differences (<i>p</i> < 0.001) among the data used.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/5/1408trematodanematodaloggerhead sea turtle<i>Caretta caretta</i>Mediterranean sea |
| spellingShingle | Antonino Gentile Tullia Amato Andrea Gustinelli Maria Letizia Fioravanti Delia Gambino Vincenzo Randazzo Giulia Caracappa Domenico Vicari Marco Arculeo Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> along the Coasts of Sicily and the North West Adriatic Sea Animals trematoda nematoda loggerhead sea turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> Mediterranean sea |
| title | Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> along the Coasts of Sicily and the North West Adriatic Sea |
| title_full | Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> along the Coasts of Sicily and the North West Adriatic Sea |
| title_fullStr | Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> along the Coasts of Sicily and the North West Adriatic Sea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> along the Coasts of Sicily and the North West Adriatic Sea |
| title_short | Helminth Infection of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> along the Coasts of Sicily and the North West Adriatic Sea |
| title_sort | helminth infection of the loggerhead sea turtle i caretta caretta i along the coasts of sicily and the north west adriatic sea |
| topic | trematoda nematoda loggerhead sea turtle <i>Caretta caretta</i> Mediterranean sea |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/5/1408 |
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