Folia Parasitologica 39[3] 235-247 (1992)
ACANTHOCEPHALANS FROM SOME AQUATIC BIRDS FROM THE BULGARIAN BLACK-SEA COAST
- DIMITROVA, Z (reprint author), HIGHER INST ZOOTECH & VET MED, DEPT ZOOL, 62 D BLAGOEV ST, BU-6000 STARA ZAGORA, BULGARIA
A total of 371 birds from 53 species of the orders Podicipediformes, Ciconiiformes, Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes and Coraciiformes from the Bulgarian Black Sea coast were studied for helminth parasites. Acanthocephalans were found in 9 species: Mediorhynchus papillosus and Prosthorhynchus genitopapillatus in Tringa erythropus (new host records), Acanthocephalus lucii in Alcedo atthis (accidentally), Sphaerirostris sp. in Charadrius dubius, Filicollis anatis in Anas clypeata, A. querquedula, Fulica atra, Gallinula chloropus and Calidris ferruguinea, and Polymorphus magnus in Anas platyrhynchos and A. clypeata. The species are described and figured.
Published: September 1, 1992 Show citation
