The helminth infracommunities in three species of herons (Aves: Ardeidae) from Ukraine |
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| Affiliation: | 1. African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa;2. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15, Kyiv 01030, Ukraine;3. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa;1. Laboratorio de Epidemiologia y Economía Veterinaria, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Circunvalacion 2800, Lima 41, Peru;2. Center for Global Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430, Lima 31, Peru;3. Departament de Sanitat i Antomia Animals, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain;1. Setouchi Parasite Biodiversity Laboratory, 3-2-20-103, Ushita-Honmachi, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima 732-0066, Japan;2. Laboratory of Bioresources, National Institute for Basic Biology, 38, Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan |
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| Abstract: | This survey analysed the helminth communities associated with three Ukrainian heron species (Ardea cinerea, Ardea purpurea, Nycticorax nycticorax) collected throughout 1947–2019. The sample analysed included 128 specimens, and 55 helminth species were identified. Of these, the most diverse taxonomic group was trematodes with 29 species, followed by cestodes with 14 species, nematodes with nine, and acanthocephalans with three species. The helminth infracommunities were found to be similar across all three host species. Furthermore, the distance to the coastal regions impacts both diversity and species richness in infracommunities. |
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