Biodiversity of filariae (Nematoda: Filariata), parasites of birds in Uzbekistan

Authors

KALANDAR SAPAROV
FIRUZA AKRAMOVA
DJALALIDDIN AZIMOV
VLADIMIR GOLOVANOV
ABDURAKHIM KUCHBOEV

Abstract

In Uzbekistan, 53 species in 4 families of nematodes of the suborder Filariata Skrjabin, 1915 (Aproctidae [9], Splendidofilariidae [12], Diplotriaenidae [20], Oswaldofilariidae [12]) were found to infect 14 orders of birds. Passeriformes harbored 23, the greatest number of species. The rate of infection was significantly lower in birds confined to aquatic environments.

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1106-3

Keywords

Nematoda, Filariata, birds, aquatic, terrestrial

First Page

746

Last Page

752

Recommended Citation

SAPAROV, K, AKRAMOVA, F, AZIMOV, D, GOLOVANOV, V, & KUCHBOEV, A (2013). Biodiversity of filariae (Nematoda: Filariata), parasites of birds in Uzbekistan. Turkish Journal of Zoology 37 (6): 746-752. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1106-3