The first report of Eucoleus dispar (Nematoda: Capillariidae) inthe common buzzard (Buteo buteo) in Turkey

Authors: DİNÇER YILDIZ, EMİNE ÜMRAN BOZKURT BÜYÜKÇOPUR, MURAT ERDEM GÜLTİKEN, KADER YILDIZ

Abstract: A common buzzard (Buteo buteo) was brought to the Department of Anatomy, Kırıkkale University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, following its death from trauma. The tongue of the buzzard was processed for routine histology and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. A curled Eucoleus dispar and its eggs, embedded in the dorsal epithelium of the tongue, were observed in histological sections during morphological analysis of the papillae lingua in the buzzard under a light microscope. According to the authors' knowledge, this is the first report on E. Dispar in the buzzard in Turkey.

Keywords: Eucoleus dispar, Buteo buteo, parasite, Nematoda

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