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Annunziata Giangaspero - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Epidemiology and biology of nematodofauna affecting Testudo Hermanni, Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata in Italy
    Parasitology Research, 2005
    Co-Authors: Donato Traversa, Gioia Capelli, Raffaella Iorio, Salah Bouamer, Angelo Cameli, Annunziata Giangaspero
    Abstract:

    Tortoises of the genus Testudo living in Italy are Testudo Hermanni , Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata . Although a great deal of information has been acquired on the internal medicine and surgery on these animals, little is known of their parasitological fauna. A survey on the presence of gastro-intestinal parasitic nematodes in tortoises bred in Italy was carried out to acquire extensive epidemiological data. Stool samples of 62 tortoises (37 T. Hermanni Hermanni , 13 T. graeca , 6 T. Hermanni boettgeri and 6 T. marginata ) were macroscopically examined and subjected to qualitative (flotation and Baermann techniques) and quantitative (McMaster technique) microscopic examinations. Adult nematodes were identified using morphological keys. Eggs of oxyurids (species indistinguishable) and adults of Alaeuris numidica , Mehdiella microstoma , Mehdiella uncinata , Tachygonetria longicollis , Tachygonetria conica and Tachygonetria palearcticus (Oxyurida, Pharyngodonidae); larvae and adults of Atractis dactyluris (Ascaridida, Atractidae); and eggs and adults of Angusticaecum holopterum (Ascaridida, Ascarididae) were identified in all animals >1 year, whereas all tortoises

  • epidemiology and biology of nematodofauna affecting Testudo Hermanni Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata in italy
    Parasitology Research, 2005
    Co-Authors: Donato Traversa, Gioia Capelli, Raffaella Iorio, Salah Bouamer, Angelo Cameli, Annunziata Giangaspero
    Abstract:

    Tortoises of the genus Testudo living in Italy are Testudo Hermanni, Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata. Although a great deal of information has been acquired on the internal medicine and surgery on these animals, little is known of their parasitological fauna. A survey on the presence of gastro-intestinal parasitic nematodes in tortoises bred in Italy was carried out to acquire extensive epidemiological data. Stool samples of 62 tortoises (37 T. Hermanni Hermanni, 13 T. graeca, 6 T. Hermanni boettgeri and 6 T. marginata) were macroscopically examined and subjected to qualitative (flotation and Baermann techniques) and quantitative (McMaster technique) microscopic examinations. Adult nematodes were identified using morphological keys. Eggs of oxyurids (species indistinguishable) and adults of Alaeuris numidica, Mehdiella microstoma, Mehdiella uncinata, Tachygonetria longicollis, Tachygonetria conica and Tachygonetria palearcticus (Oxyurida, Pharyngodonidae); larvae and adults of Atractis dactyluris (Ascaridida, Atractidae); and eggs and adults of Angusticaecum holopterum (Ascaridida, Ascarididae) were identified in all animals >1 year, whereas all tortoises <1 year of age were parasite-free. Moreover, this study reports for the first time A. numidica and M. microstoma in T. marginata. This work shows that nematodes affecting tortoises are diffused in Italy and highlights the need to investigate their epidemiology more in depth.

Donato Traversa - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Epidemiology and biology of nematodofauna affecting Testudo Hermanni, Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata in Italy
    Parasitology Research, 2005
    Co-Authors: Donato Traversa, Gioia Capelli, Raffaella Iorio, Salah Bouamer, Angelo Cameli, Annunziata Giangaspero
    Abstract:

    Tortoises of the genus Testudo living in Italy are Testudo Hermanni , Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata . Although a great deal of information has been acquired on the internal medicine and surgery on these animals, little is known of their parasitological fauna. A survey on the presence of gastro-intestinal parasitic nematodes in tortoises bred in Italy was carried out to acquire extensive epidemiological data. Stool samples of 62 tortoises (37 T. Hermanni Hermanni , 13 T. graeca , 6 T. Hermanni boettgeri and 6 T. marginata ) were macroscopically examined and subjected to qualitative (flotation and Baermann techniques) and quantitative (McMaster technique) microscopic examinations. Adult nematodes were identified using morphological keys. Eggs of oxyurids (species indistinguishable) and adults of Alaeuris numidica , Mehdiella microstoma , Mehdiella uncinata , Tachygonetria longicollis , Tachygonetria conica and Tachygonetria palearcticus (Oxyurida, Pharyngodonidae); larvae and adults of Atractis dactyluris (Ascaridida, Atractidae); and eggs and adults of Angusticaecum holopterum (Ascaridida, Ascarididae) were identified in all animals >1 year, whereas all tortoises

  • epidemiology and biology of nematodofauna affecting Testudo Hermanni Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata in italy
    Parasitology Research, 2005
    Co-Authors: Donato Traversa, Gioia Capelli, Raffaella Iorio, Salah Bouamer, Angelo Cameli, Annunziata Giangaspero
    Abstract:

    Tortoises of the genus Testudo living in Italy are Testudo Hermanni, Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata. Although a great deal of information has been acquired on the internal medicine and surgery on these animals, little is known of their parasitological fauna. A survey on the presence of gastro-intestinal parasitic nematodes in tortoises bred in Italy was carried out to acquire extensive epidemiological data. Stool samples of 62 tortoises (37 T. Hermanni Hermanni, 13 T. graeca, 6 T. Hermanni boettgeri and 6 T. marginata) were macroscopically examined and subjected to qualitative (flotation and Baermann techniques) and quantitative (McMaster technique) microscopic examinations. Adult nematodes were identified using morphological keys. Eggs of oxyurids (species indistinguishable) and adults of Alaeuris numidica, Mehdiella microstoma, Mehdiella uncinata, Tachygonetria longicollis, Tachygonetria conica and Tachygonetria palearcticus (Oxyurida, Pharyngodonidae); larvae and adults of Atractis dactyluris (Ascaridida, Atractidae); and eggs and adults of Angusticaecum holopterum (Ascaridida, Ascarididae) were identified in all animals >1 year, whereas all tortoises <1 year of age were parasite-free. Moreover, this study reports for the first time A. numidica and M. microstoma in T. marginata. This work shows that nematodes affecting tortoises are diffused in Italy and highlights the need to investigate their epidemiology more in depth.

Gioia Capelli - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • efficacy of oxfendazole and fenbendazole against tortoise Testudo Hermanni oxyurids
    Parasitology Research, 2007
    Co-Authors: Salvatore Giannetto, Gioia Capelli, Emanuele Brianti, Giovanni Poglayen, C Sorgi, Maria Grazia Pennisi, G Coci
    Abstract:

    Thirty-six tortoises (Testudo Hermanni) with naturally acquired oxyurids infections were used to assess the anthelmintic efficacy of oxfendazole (Dolthene®; Merial) and fenbendazole (Panacur®; Hoechst Roussel Vet). Animals were randomly assigned to three groups (A, B, and C) based on sex and weight. Animals in group A (seven males and six females) were orally treated with oxfendazole at dose rate of 66 mg/kg, group B animals (nine males and eight females) were orally treated with fenbendazole at dose rate of 100 mg/kg, and group C animals (three males and three females) were not treated and served as controls. All animals were individually stabled in plexiglas boxes under controlled conditions of temperature, humidity, and light beginning 7 days pretreatment and continuing for the duration of the trial. Individual tortoises feces were examined daily by the McMaster technique and drugs efficacy was assessed by the fecal eggs count reduction (FECR) test. Both drugs showed 100% of FECR. However, oxfendazole reached this level 12 days after treatment, whereas 31 days after treatment were necessary to obtain the same stable result with fenbendazole. The two drugs were well tolerated by all the animals and no adverse reactions were observed after treatment.

  • Epidemiology and biology of nematodofauna affecting Testudo Hermanni, Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata in Italy
    Parasitology Research, 2005
    Co-Authors: Donato Traversa, Gioia Capelli, Raffaella Iorio, Salah Bouamer, Angelo Cameli, Annunziata Giangaspero
    Abstract:

    Tortoises of the genus Testudo living in Italy are Testudo Hermanni , Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata . Although a great deal of information has been acquired on the internal medicine and surgery on these animals, little is known of their parasitological fauna. A survey on the presence of gastro-intestinal parasitic nematodes in tortoises bred in Italy was carried out to acquire extensive epidemiological data. Stool samples of 62 tortoises (37 T. Hermanni Hermanni , 13 T. graeca , 6 T. Hermanni boettgeri and 6 T. marginata ) were macroscopically examined and subjected to qualitative (flotation and Baermann techniques) and quantitative (McMaster technique) microscopic examinations. Adult nematodes were identified using morphological keys. Eggs of oxyurids (species indistinguishable) and adults of Alaeuris numidica , Mehdiella microstoma , Mehdiella uncinata , Tachygonetria longicollis , Tachygonetria conica and Tachygonetria palearcticus (Oxyurida, Pharyngodonidae); larvae and adults of Atractis dactyluris (Ascaridida, Atractidae); and eggs and adults of Angusticaecum holopterum (Ascaridida, Ascarididae) were identified in all animals >1 year, whereas all tortoises

  • epidemiology and biology of nematodofauna affecting Testudo Hermanni Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata in italy
    Parasitology Research, 2005
    Co-Authors: Donato Traversa, Gioia Capelli, Raffaella Iorio, Salah Bouamer, Angelo Cameli, Annunziata Giangaspero
    Abstract:

    Tortoises of the genus Testudo living in Italy are Testudo Hermanni, Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata. Although a great deal of information has been acquired on the internal medicine and surgery on these animals, little is known of their parasitological fauna. A survey on the presence of gastro-intestinal parasitic nematodes in tortoises bred in Italy was carried out to acquire extensive epidemiological data. Stool samples of 62 tortoises (37 T. Hermanni Hermanni, 13 T. graeca, 6 T. Hermanni boettgeri and 6 T. marginata) were macroscopically examined and subjected to qualitative (flotation and Baermann techniques) and quantitative (McMaster technique) microscopic examinations. Adult nematodes were identified using morphological keys. Eggs of oxyurids (species indistinguishable) and adults of Alaeuris numidica, Mehdiella microstoma, Mehdiella uncinata, Tachygonetria longicollis, Tachygonetria conica and Tachygonetria palearcticus (Oxyurida, Pharyngodonidae); larvae and adults of Atractis dactyluris (Ascaridida, Atractidae); and eggs and adults of Angusticaecum holopterum (Ascaridida, Ascarididae) were identified in all animals >1 year, whereas all tortoises <1 year of age were parasite-free. Moreover, this study reports for the first time A. numidica and M. microstoma in T. marginata. This work shows that nematodes affecting tortoises are diffused in Italy and highlights the need to investigate their epidemiology more in depth.

Raffaella Iorio - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Epidemiology and biology of nematodofauna affecting Testudo Hermanni, Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata in Italy
    Parasitology Research, 2005
    Co-Authors: Donato Traversa, Gioia Capelli, Raffaella Iorio, Salah Bouamer, Angelo Cameli, Annunziata Giangaspero
    Abstract:

    Tortoises of the genus Testudo living in Italy are Testudo Hermanni , Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata . Although a great deal of information has been acquired on the internal medicine and surgery on these animals, little is known of their parasitological fauna. A survey on the presence of gastro-intestinal parasitic nematodes in tortoises bred in Italy was carried out to acquire extensive epidemiological data. Stool samples of 62 tortoises (37 T. Hermanni Hermanni , 13 T. graeca , 6 T. Hermanni boettgeri and 6 T. marginata ) were macroscopically examined and subjected to qualitative (flotation and Baermann techniques) and quantitative (McMaster technique) microscopic examinations. Adult nematodes were identified using morphological keys. Eggs of oxyurids (species indistinguishable) and adults of Alaeuris numidica , Mehdiella microstoma , Mehdiella uncinata , Tachygonetria longicollis , Tachygonetria conica and Tachygonetria palearcticus (Oxyurida, Pharyngodonidae); larvae and adults of Atractis dactyluris (Ascaridida, Atractidae); and eggs and adults of Angusticaecum holopterum (Ascaridida, Ascarididae) were identified in all animals >1 year, whereas all tortoises

  • epidemiology and biology of nematodofauna affecting Testudo Hermanni Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata in italy
    Parasitology Research, 2005
    Co-Authors: Donato Traversa, Gioia Capelli, Raffaella Iorio, Salah Bouamer, Angelo Cameli, Annunziata Giangaspero
    Abstract:

    Tortoises of the genus Testudo living in Italy are Testudo Hermanni, Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata. Although a great deal of information has been acquired on the internal medicine and surgery on these animals, little is known of their parasitological fauna. A survey on the presence of gastro-intestinal parasitic nematodes in tortoises bred in Italy was carried out to acquire extensive epidemiological data. Stool samples of 62 tortoises (37 T. Hermanni Hermanni, 13 T. graeca, 6 T. Hermanni boettgeri and 6 T. marginata) were macroscopically examined and subjected to qualitative (flotation and Baermann techniques) and quantitative (McMaster technique) microscopic examinations. Adult nematodes were identified using morphological keys. Eggs of oxyurids (species indistinguishable) and adults of Alaeuris numidica, Mehdiella microstoma, Mehdiella uncinata, Tachygonetria longicollis, Tachygonetria conica and Tachygonetria palearcticus (Oxyurida, Pharyngodonidae); larvae and adults of Atractis dactyluris (Ascaridida, Atractidae); and eggs and adults of Angusticaecum holopterum (Ascaridida, Ascarididae) were identified in all animals >1 year, whereas all tortoises <1 year of age were parasite-free. Moreover, this study reports for the first time A. numidica and M. microstoma in T. marginata. This work shows that nematodes affecting tortoises are diffused in Italy and highlights the need to investigate their epidemiology more in depth.

Salah Bouamer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Epidemiology and biology of nematodofauna affecting Testudo Hermanni, Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata in Italy
    Parasitology Research, 2005
    Co-Authors: Donato Traversa, Gioia Capelli, Raffaella Iorio, Salah Bouamer, Angelo Cameli, Annunziata Giangaspero
    Abstract:

    Tortoises of the genus Testudo living in Italy are Testudo Hermanni , Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata . Although a great deal of information has been acquired on the internal medicine and surgery on these animals, little is known of their parasitological fauna. A survey on the presence of gastro-intestinal parasitic nematodes in tortoises bred in Italy was carried out to acquire extensive epidemiological data. Stool samples of 62 tortoises (37 T. Hermanni Hermanni , 13 T. graeca , 6 T. Hermanni boettgeri and 6 T. marginata ) were macroscopically examined and subjected to qualitative (flotation and Baermann techniques) and quantitative (McMaster technique) microscopic examinations. Adult nematodes were identified using morphological keys. Eggs of oxyurids (species indistinguishable) and adults of Alaeuris numidica , Mehdiella microstoma , Mehdiella uncinata , Tachygonetria longicollis , Tachygonetria conica and Tachygonetria palearcticus (Oxyurida, Pharyngodonidae); larvae and adults of Atractis dactyluris (Ascaridida, Atractidae); and eggs and adults of Angusticaecum holopterum (Ascaridida, Ascarididae) were identified in all animals >1 year, whereas all tortoises

  • epidemiology and biology of nematodofauna affecting Testudo Hermanni Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata in italy
    Parasitology Research, 2005
    Co-Authors: Donato Traversa, Gioia Capelli, Raffaella Iorio, Salah Bouamer, Angelo Cameli, Annunziata Giangaspero
    Abstract:

    Tortoises of the genus Testudo living in Italy are Testudo Hermanni, Testudo graeca and Testudo marginata. Although a great deal of information has been acquired on the internal medicine and surgery on these animals, little is known of their parasitological fauna. A survey on the presence of gastro-intestinal parasitic nematodes in tortoises bred in Italy was carried out to acquire extensive epidemiological data. Stool samples of 62 tortoises (37 T. Hermanni Hermanni, 13 T. graeca, 6 T. Hermanni boettgeri and 6 T. marginata) were macroscopically examined and subjected to qualitative (flotation and Baermann techniques) and quantitative (McMaster technique) microscopic examinations. Adult nematodes were identified using morphological keys. Eggs of oxyurids (species indistinguishable) and adults of Alaeuris numidica, Mehdiella microstoma, Mehdiella uncinata, Tachygonetria longicollis, Tachygonetria conica and Tachygonetria palearcticus (Oxyurida, Pharyngodonidae); larvae and adults of Atractis dactyluris (Ascaridida, Atractidae); and eggs and adults of Angusticaecum holopterum (Ascaridida, Ascarididae) were identified in all animals >1 year, whereas all tortoises <1 year of age were parasite-free. Moreover, this study reports for the first time A. numidica and M. microstoma in T. marginata. This work shows that nematodes affecting tortoises are diffused in Italy and highlights the need to investigate their epidemiology more in depth.