Record of Renicola sloanei Wright, 1954 (Plagiorchiida: Renicolidae) in the Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) arrived at the Canary Islands (Spain)

In the winter of 2022-2023, hundreds of the Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) appeared dead in the coast of the Canary Islands, a rare event considering their cold-living habits, normally occupying the North Atlantic Ocean. In this work, investigation about the parasites present in the Atlantic...

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Published in:Journal of Helminthology
Main Authors: Pino Vera, R., Miquel, J., Suarez Santana, Cristian Manuel, Martín Carrillo, N., Abreu Acosta, N., Marrero Ponce, Lucía, Fariña Brito, A., Rodríguez, B., Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús, Foronda, P.
Other Authors: NO DATA, orcid:0000-0001-9526-5113, 57855640800, 7102336626, 56719731800, 57189867235, 12792865900, 58248750800, 59472647900, 59473332500, 56673009900, 6506543873, No ID, WOS:Pino-Vera, R, WOS:Miquel, J, WOS:Suárez-Santana, C, WOS:Martín-Carrillo, N, WOS:Abreu-Acosta, N, WOS:Marrero-Ponce, L, WOS:Fariña-Brito, A, WOS:Rodríguez, B, WOS:Fernández, A, WOS:Foronda, P, BU-VET
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2024
Subjects:
310907 Patología
240120 Ornitología
Atlantic Puffin
Canary Islands
Fratercula Arctica
Migratory Birds
Renicola Sloanei
Atlantic puffin
fratercula
Fratercula arctica
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10553/135271
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X2400066X
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Summary:In the winter of 2022-2023, hundreds of the Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) appeared dead in the coast of the Canary Islands, a rare event considering their cold-living habits, normally occupying the North Atlantic Ocean. In this work, investigation about the parasites present in the Atlantic puffins found in the biggest islands of the Archipelago was carried out from a population portion. Necropsies of 39 birds were made and, during the examination of the urinary tracts, helminths were found. Morphoanatomical analysis under microscope allowed to identify them into Renicola genus with high similarity to Renicola sloanei. After that, DNA was extracted and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 gene were amplificated by a polymerase chain reaction method followed by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. The molecular results demonstrated that in fact R. sloanei was the helminth parasite present in the urinary tracts of the Atlantic puffins found in the Canary Islands. 5

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