TY - JOUR ID - 4624 TI - Spiculopteragia asymmetrica Infection in Cervus elaphus from Iran JO - Veterinary Research Forum JA - VRF LA - en SN - 2008-8140 AU - Youssefi, Mohammad Reza AU - Hoseini, Seyed Hossein AU - Mobedi, Iraj AU - Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad AU - Ekrami, Behrang AD - Department of Pathobiology, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Iran AD - Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Public health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Animal sciences, Islamic Azad University, Chalous Branch, Iran Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 77 EP - 79 KW - Abomasum KW - Cervus elaphus KW - Iran KW - Spiculoptenagia asymmetrica DO - N2 - Spiculopteragia asymmetrica is a gastrointestinal nematode frequently found in the abomasum of cervids. During December and February 2010, two red deer were died in Semeskandeh sanctuary in Mazandaran province. Moreover, five live deer from mentioned area were treated by Ivermectin and collected feces of these animals were used for assessment helminthes infection by parasitological methods. Several nematodes were recovered in abomasums and in fecal samples of treated animals. Number of worms recovered from abomasums of two dead animals were 275 (90 male and 185 female) from the first one and 327 (102 male and 225 female) from the second. Based on morphological characteristics nematodes were diagnosed as S. asymmetrica. This is the first report of existence of S. asymmetrica from cervids in Iran. UR - https://vrf.iranjournals.ir/article_4624.html L1 - https://vrf.iranjournals.ir/article_4624_ebfbc6e56e382ab99c3c52ee5c2ca1a5.pdf ER -