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PROTOSTRONGYLIDAE AND PROTOSTRONGYLIDAE INFECTIONS IN SMALL RUMINANTS
Movsesyan S.O., Boyakhchyan G.A., Petrosyan R.A., Chubaryan F.A., Nikogossyan M.A., Arutyunova L.D., Terenina N.B.
Institute of Zoology of Scientific Centre for Zoology and Hydroecology NAS, Armenia,
Centre of Parasitology of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of RAS.
Summary
Biological diversity of Protostrongylidae lung nematodes in small ruminants (sheep, goat, mouflon, bezoar goat) of Armenia has been established. It consists of 6 species: Muellerius capillaris, Cystocaulus nigrescens, Protostrongylus kochi, P. hobmaieri, P. muraschkinzewi, P. davtiani. Mean degree of infection (mainly concomitant) in various age groups is 20,0-44,0%.
There are 44 mollusk species which can be infected Protostrongylidae by larvae recorded in Armenia. Natural infection of mollusks at pastures with Protostrongylidae is most common for the following 9 species: Helicella derbentina, Napaeopsis hohenackeri, Helix lucorum, Chondrula tridens, Hesseola solidior, Succinea putris, Pupilla muscorum, Vitrinoides monticola armeniaca and Deroceras caucasicum. Infection rates vary 0,4 to 12,8% with parasite load 1 to 63 larvae per mollusk. The most effective anthelmintics against Protostrongylidae appear to be albendazole 300, albendazole 600, alben and atozole forte 300.
© 2015 The Author(s). Published by All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants named after K.I. Skryabin.
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