<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Post-mortem examination of a sub-adult debilitated white stork (Ciconia ciconia) from southern Italy showed nodular enteritis associated with massive infection by Chaunocephalus ferox (Digenea: Echinostomatidae). Pathological changes included lesions ranging from traumatic destruction of tissues with hemorrhages and thickness of mucosa and submucosa at fluke penetration site to loss of duodenal villi and necrosis. Lesions through the whole intestinal tract associated with the digenean infection were considered as compatible with causing the cachexia and death of the white stork.</p></abstract>

Post-mortem examination of a sub-adult debilitated white stork (Ciconia ciconia) from southern Italy showed nodular enteritis associated with massive infection by Chaunocephalus ferox (Digenea: Echinostomatidae). Pathological changes included lesions ranging from traumatic destruction of tissues with hemorrhages and thickness of mucosa and submucosa at fluke penetration site to loss of duodenal villi and necrosis. Lesions through the whole intestinal tract associated with the digenean infection were considered as compatible with causing the cachexia and death of the white stork.

Chaunocephalus ferox (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) infection associated with fatal cachexia in a white stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Parasitology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Via Salute n 9, Portici, Naples, Italy

Section of Avellino, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Monteforte Irpino, Avellino, Italy

Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Helminthologia

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Post-mortem examination of a sub-adult debilitated white stork (Ciconia ciconia) from southern Italy showed nodular enteritis associated with massive infection...

Chaunocephalus ferox (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) infection associated with fatal cachexia in a white stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Pubblicato online: 22 feb 2014

Pagine: 181 - 184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-013-0129-z

Parole chiave
Ciconia ciconia, white stork, Chaunocephalus ferox, pathological changes, southern Italy

© 2013 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Chaunocephalus ferox (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) infection associated with fatal cachexia in a white stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Pubblicato online: 22 feb 2014

Pagine: 181 - 184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-013-0129-z

Parole chiaveCiconia ciconia, white stork, Chaunocephalus ferox, pathological changes, southern Italy

© 2013 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
Ciconia ciconia, white stork, Chaunocephalus ferox, pathological changes, southern Italy