Helminth Parasites of Rhombomys opimus from Golestan Province, Northeast Iran
-
B Kamranrashani
,
Eb Kia
,
I Mobedi
,
M Mohebali
,
Z Zarei
,
Gh Mowlavi
,
H Hajjaran
,
Mr Abai
,
M Sharifdini
,
Z Kakooei
,
H Mirjalali
,
S Charedar
Abstract
Background: The aim of the study was to determine the helminthic species occurring in great gerbil Rhombomys opimus collected from Maraveh Tappeh, Golestan Province, northeast Iran.
Methods: During 2010-2011, a total of 77 R. opimus were captured from rural areas of Maraveh Tap-peh, Golestan Province, using Sherman live traps and examined for infectivity with any larva or adult stages of helminthic parasites.
Results: Overall, 63 R. opimus (81.8%) were found infected with different helminthic species. The rate of infectivity with each species was as follows: Trichuris rhombomidis 31.2%, Trichuris muris 32.5%, Trichuris spp. 10.4%, Syphacia muris 2.6%, Dipetalonema viteae (Acanthocheilonema viteae) 37.7%, Skrjabinotaenia lobata 15.6%, Hymenolepis (=Rodentolepis) nana fraterna 5.2%, and Taenia endothoracicus lar-va 1.3%.
Conclusion: R. opimus is host for several species of cestodes and nematodes in the study area. The high rate of infectivity with D. viteae indicates the susceptibility of these gerbils to this filarial nema-tode. Synchronous infections occurred up to four species of helminthes in one host.
Tinnin D S, Ganzorig S, Gardner S L. Hel-minths of small mammals (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Chiroptera, Rodentia, and Lagomorpha) of Mongolia. Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Par-asitology. 2011, Paper 696.
Nowak R. Walker’s Mammals of the World. 6th ed. Vol. I, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press. 1999.
Misonnes X. Zoogeography of the Mammals of Iran (1959). Translator : Jamshid Darvish, Ravagh mehr; 2001.
Mohebali M, Javadian E, Yaghoobi-Ershadi MR, Akhavan AA, Hajjaran H, Abaei MR. Characterization of Leishmania infection in ro-dents from endemic areas of the Islamic Re-public of Iran. Eastern Mediterr Health J .2004; 10(4-5):591-599.
Fasihi-Harandi M. Study on the fauna of par-asites of wild rodents in northern Isfahan. MSc. Thesis, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 1992.
Rasti S, Mobedi I, Dehghani R, Drodgar A. The survey of gastrointestinal helminths of mice in Kashan. Journal of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. 2000; 55(4):57-59.
Availabla at: http://en.wikipedia.org
Yamaguti S. Systema Helminthum. 1 st ed: Vol. I-IV. New York, Interscience Publish-ers, 1958-1963.
Gholami Sh, Mobedi I, Motevali Haghi F, Shahabi S. Study of helmintic intestinal para-sites in the rodents from the rural and central regions of Mazandaran Province in the years 1997 to 1999. J of Mazandaran University of Med Sciences. 2002; 12(35): 67-75.
Mohebali M, Rezai H, Farahnak A, Nootash A. A survey on parasitic fauna (helminths and ectoparasites) of the rodents in Meshkin-shahr district, north west Iran. J Facul Veter Med. 1997; 52(3):23-25.
Sadjjadi S, Massoud J. Helminth parasites of wild rodents in Khuzestan province, south west of Iran. J Vet Parasitol. 1999; 13(1):55-56.
Shleikher EI, Samsonova AV. The helminth fauna of Rhombomys opimus in Uzbekistan. Pa-pers on helminthology presented to acade-mician K. I. Skryabin on his 75th birthday. Pp. 770-773 pp. (A. M. Petrov ed.) Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1953.
Chamsa M, Weiss N. (Epidemiological study of rodent filariasis (Dipetalonema viteae Krepkogorskaja 1933) in Iran). Acta Trop. 1969; 26(4):370-375.
Kia E, Shahryary-Rad E, Mohebali M et al.. Endoparasites of rodents and their zoonotic importance in Germi, Dashte-Mogan, Arda-bil Province, Iran. Iran J Parasitol. 2010; 5(4):15-20.
Najari J. Study on intestinal helminthic parasites of rodents in Moghan region, Ardabil Province, North-West Iran. MSc. Thesis, Tehran Univer-sity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 1993.
Kia E B, Homayouni M M, Farahnak A, Mo-hebali M, Shojai S. Study of Endoparasites of Rodents and their Zoonotic Importance In Ahvaz, South West Iran. Iranian J Publ Health. 2001; 30(1-2):49-52.
Tanideh N, Sadjjadi SM, Mohammadzadeh T, Mehrabani D. Helminthic infections of la-boratory animals in animal house of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and the po-tential risks of zoonotic infections for re-searches. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Jour-nal. 2010; 12(2): 151-157.
Mowlavi GR, Kia EB, Mobedi I. Natural in-fection of the gerbil Meriones lybicus with the metacestode of Taenia endothoracicus in Arak, central Iran. J Helminthol. 2004, 78(3):275-276.
Webster J P, Macdonald D W. Parasites of wild brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) on UK farms. Parasitology. 1995, 111(3):247-255.
Kataranovski M, Mirkov I, Belij S, Popov A, Petrović Z, Gačić Z, Kataranovski D. Intes-tinal helminths infection of Rats (Ratus norvegi-cus) in the Belgrade Area (Serbia): The effect of sex, age and habitat. Parasite. 2011, 18(2):189-196.
| Files | ||
| Issue | Vol 8 No 1 (2013) | |
| Section | Articles | |
| Keywords | ||
| Helminths Iran Parasites Rhombomis opimus | ||
| Rights and permissions | |
|
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |
