ABSTRACT
A single specimen of the nematode Molineus patens (Dujardin, 1845) was isolated from the intestine of the ermine (Mustela erminea L.) found dead on a road in Lubuskie voivodeship (Western Poland) in July 2008. Since this is the first record of the parasite in the ermine from Poland, description, biometrical data and figures are given.
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Intestines/parasitology , Mustelidae/parasitology , Nematoda/isolation & purification , Animals , Male , Nematoda/anatomy & histology , Nematoda/microbiology , PolandABSTRACT
Three specimens of the nematode Crenosoma vulpis (Rudolphi, 1819) were isolated from the lungs of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles L.) found dead on a road in the north-western part of Wroclaw (Lower Silesia, SW. Poland) in August 2008. Since this is the first record of the parasite in the badger from Poland, description, biometrical data and figures are given.
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Lung/parasitology , Mustelidae/parasitology , Nematoda/classification , Animals , Male , Nematoda/anatomy & histology , Nematoda/isolation & purification , PolandABSTRACT
Gyrodactylus latus Bychowsky, 1933 (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) was found on fins of Cobitis elongatoides Bacescu et Maier, 1969 (Teleostei, Cobitidae) from tributaries of the Stobrawa River (Odra Basin, Silesia, Poland). It is new to the Polish parasite fauna; its description, measurements, and figures are presented.
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Fishes/parasitology , Platyhelminths/classification , Platyhelminths/isolation & purification , Animals , Cestode Infections/epidemiology , Cestode Infections/parasitology , Fish Diseases/epidemiology , Fish Diseases/parasitology , Platyhelminths/anatomy & histology , Poland/epidemiology , Prevalence , Species SpecificityABSTRACT
Aspidogaster limacoides Diesing, 1834 was identified in two specimens of roach (Rutilus rutilus L.) from middle Odra River (Lower Silesia, SW Poland). As the species is new to the Polish parasitofauna, a description, measurements and figure are presented.
