Abstract

GOMEZ PENA, Yosune; SALAS-WESTPHAL, Amorita Ivonne  and  SCOTT MORALES, Laura M.. First Report of Ascaridia dissimilis (SECERNENTEA: ASCARIDA) in Rio Grande wild turkey of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Vet. Méx [online]. 2009, vol.40, n.1, pp.79-83. ISSN 0301-5092.

The health risk of wildlife management programs especially focusing on introducing or mobilization populations, has not been properly evaluated in Mexico. The importance of this study was to identify the potentially disease-causing nematode species carried by a Rio Grande wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) population introduced from Texas to Nuevo Leon, Mexico ten years ago. Twenty eight digestive tracts of adult males donated by hunters during the game season (March-April) from 2000 through 2003 were analyzed. Thirty seven individuals of the nematode Ascaridia dissimilis (Family: Ascaridae) were found. They were fixed, transparented and mounted using the routine techniques. No other nematode species were found. It is rejected the presence of Heterakis gallinarum, potential transmitter of Histomona meleagridis (histomonosis or black head disease). This is the first report of Ascaridia dissimilis for Rio Grande wild turkey of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Keywords : wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia); parasites; nematode; secernentea; ascaridae; ascaridia dissimilis; Nuevo Leon; Mexico.

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