Parasitic Infections in Stranded Whales and Dolphins in Canary Islands (2018-2022): An Update.

ABSTRACT: The Canary Islands are considered a hot spot for marine species biodiversity. Each stranded cetacean has provided important scientific, biological and pathological information. The morphological identification of parasites in these stranded cetaceans is the main aim of the present article. An investigation to identify parasites was carried out in 233 stranded animals (2018-2022), which were submitted for necropsy. Adult and sub-adult/juvenile animals were the most parasitized age categories, and eighteen parasite species were morphologically identified, including nematodes (Crassicauda grampicola, Crassicauda anthonyi, Halocercus delphini, Anisakis simplex, Stenurus globicephalae, Stenurus ovatus), trematodes (Nasitrema delphini, Oschmari

SUBMITTER: Suarez-Gonzalez Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11640159 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature