Morphologic and Genetic Analysis of Synhimantus (Synhimantus) laticeps from a Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Morphologic and Genetic Analysis of Synhimantus (Synhimantus) laticeps from a Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)

Published:2023-05-15 Issue:5 Volume:12 Page:717
ISSN:2076-0817
Container-title:Pathogens
language:en
Short-container-title:Pathogens

Author:

Lopes Carolina¹^ORCID,Santos-Silva Sérgio²^ORCID,Nunes Carolina¹,Mendes Susana³,Costa Catarina³,Brazio Erica⁴,Coutinho Teresa⁵,Rodrigues Filipa Teixeira⁵⁶,Mesquita João R.²⁷⁸^ORCID,Coelho Ana Cláudia⁵⁶^ORCID,Cardoso Luís⁵⁶^ORCID,Lopes Ana Patrícia⁵⁶

Affiliation:

1. Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre of Santo André (CRASSA), Quercus, 7500-022 Vila Nova de Santo André, Portugal

2. ICBAS—School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Porto University, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal

3. Exoticvets, 2670-345 Loures, Portugal

4. Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre of Lisbon (LxCRAS), Parque Florestal de Monsanto, 1050-068 Lisboa, Portugal

5. Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal

6. CECAV—Animal and Veterinary Centre, Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences (AL4AnimalS), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal

7. Epidemiology Research Unit (EPIUnit), Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal

8. Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR), 4050-346 Porto, Portugal

Abstract

The long-eared owl (Asio otus) is a medium-sized owl species that is well-distributed in almost all of the territories in Portugal. Nematodes were found in the oral cavity of a long-eared owl (A. otus) admitted to CRASSA (Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre of Santo André). During a physical exam and stabilization of the bird, five nematodes were collected. The worms were examined and measured under light microscopy, and photos were taken. After a morphological analysis was conducted, all the nematodes (five females) were identified as Synhimantus (Synhimantus) laticeps. Two specimens were subjected to molecular analysis, which confirmed the result. This study provides a combined morphological and genetic approach to S. laticeps. To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first report including genetic sequencing of S. laticeps in a long-eared owl (A. otus) from Portugal.

Funder

Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology

Maria de Sousa-2021 program

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),General Immunology and Microbiology,Molecular Biology,Immunology and Allergy

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/5/717/pdf

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