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<p>Seasonal changes in the intensity and prevalence of infestation of the black cormorants from the colony on Lake Selment Wielki were investigated. In 2006, the cormorants were procured in April, August, and October, while in 2007, they were collected in August and September. The prevalence of the infestation was very high and reached 100%. The highest intensity (mean values of 102.46 and 82.17 nematodes/bird in 2006 and 2007, respectively) was revealed in the cormorants shot in August. Intensity of infestation of those birds procured in autumn 2006 was more than twice that found in spring and one-fourth of that found in summer of that year. Similarly, in autumn of 2007, the birds' stomachs contained less than half of the number of nematodes recorded in summer of that year.</p>
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Seasonal changes in the intensity and prevalence of infestation of the black cormorants from the colony on Lake Selment Wielki were investigated. In 2006, the cormorants were procured in April, August, and October, while in 2007, they were collected in August and September. The prevalence of the infestation was very high and reached 100%. The highest intensity (mean values of 102.46 and 82.17 nematodes/bird in 2006 and 2007, respectively) was revealed in the cormorants shot in August. Intensity of infestation of those birds procured in autumn 2006 was more than twice that found in spring and one-fourth of that found in summer of that year. Similarly, in autumn of 2007, the birds' stomachs contained less than half of the number of nematodes recorded in summer of that year.

Infestation of the black cormorants (<italic>Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis</italic> L. 1758) from the colony on the Selment Wielki, with the nematode <italic>Contracaecum rudolphii</italic> Hartwich, 1964 (Nematoda, Anisakidae)

Faculty of Biology University of Warmia and Mazury

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Infestation of the black cormorants ( L. 1758) from the colony on the Selment Wielki, with the nematode  Hartwich, 1964 (Nematoda, Anisakidae)

Seasonal changes in the intensity and prevalence of infestation of the black cormorants from the colony on Lake Selment Wielki were investigated. In 2006, the...

Infestation of the black cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis L. 1758) from the colony on the Selment Wielki, with the nematode Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwich, 1964 (Nematoda, Anisakidae)

Published Online: Jan 05, 2009

Page range: 61 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10009-008-0013-1

Keywords
black cormorant, infestation intensity, infestation prevalence

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