First Report of <i>Troglotrema acutum</i> Trematoda Parasitizing a European Polecat (<i>Mustela putorius</i>) in Bulgaria
The finding also represents the first detection of this trematode on the Balkan Peninsula. The study was conducted between 2014 and 2023. Nineteen road-killed polecats, mainly from southern Bulgaria, were examined. A four-year-old male polecat road-killed near Chepelare, a town in the Somlyan Provin...
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| description | The finding also represents the first detection of this trematode on the Balkan Peninsula. The study was conducted between 2014 and 2023. Nineteen road-killed polecats, mainly from southern Bulgaria, were examined. A four-year-old male polecat road-killed near Chepelare, a town in the Somlyan Province in the Rhodope Mountains, was infested with six adult <i>Troglotrema acutum</i> within its frontal sinus. The skull exhibited only weakly developed lesions. The prevalence of 5.26% observed in this sample was lower than values reported from other European countries. This finding extends the known southeastern distribution range of <i>T. acutum</i> by over 700 km. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-acef7466ae7d41e581c57e9e16accbc02025-08-20T02:57:20ZengMDPI AGParasitologia2673-67722024-11-014436937410.3390/parasitologia4040032First Report of <i>Troglotrema acutum</i> Trematoda Parasitizing a European Polecat (<i>Mustela putorius</i>) in BulgariaMike Heddergott0Department of Zoology, Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle, 2160 Luxembourg, LuxembourgThe finding also represents the first detection of this trematode on the Balkan Peninsula. The study was conducted between 2014 and 2023. Nineteen road-killed polecats, mainly from southern Bulgaria, were examined. A four-year-old male polecat road-killed near Chepelare, a town in the Somlyan Province in the Rhodope Mountains, was infested with six adult <i>Troglotrema acutum</i> within its frontal sinus. The skull exhibited only weakly developed lesions. The prevalence of 5.26% observed in this sample was lower than values reported from other European countries. This finding extends the known southeastern distribution range of <i>T. acutum</i> by over 700 km.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6772/4/4/32<i>Troglotrema acutum</i>TrematodaEuropean polecat<i>Mustela putorius</i>first recordRhodopes |
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| title | First Report of <i>Troglotrema acutum</i> Trematoda Parasitizing a European Polecat (<i>Mustela putorius</i>) in Bulgaria |
| title_full | First Report of <i>Troglotrema acutum</i> Trematoda Parasitizing a European Polecat (<i>Mustela putorius</i>) in Bulgaria |
| title_fullStr | First Report of <i>Troglotrema acutum</i> Trematoda Parasitizing a European Polecat (<i>Mustela putorius</i>) in Bulgaria |
| title_full_unstemmed | First Report of <i>Troglotrema acutum</i> Trematoda Parasitizing a European Polecat (<i>Mustela putorius</i>) in Bulgaria |
| title_short | First Report of <i>Troglotrema acutum</i> Trematoda Parasitizing a European Polecat (<i>Mustela putorius</i>) in Bulgaria |
| title_sort | first report of i troglotrema acutum i trematoda parasitizing a european polecat i mustela putorius i in bulgaria |
| topic | <i>Troglotrema acutum</i> Trematoda European polecat <i>Mustela putorius</i> first record Rhodopes |
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