Folia Parasitologica 54[2] 99-104 (2007) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2007.013

The occurrence of the avian schistosome Allobilharzia visceralis Kolářová, Rudolfová, Hampl et Skírnisson, 2006 (Schistosomatidae) in the tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus (Anatidae), from North America

Sara V. Brant
Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110, USA

Twelve tundra swans, Cygnus columbianus (Ord), from Nevada and one from New Mexico were collected and examined for schistosomes. Mature worms, determined as Allobilharzia visceralis, were found in 92% of the swans, in the inferior mesenteric vein of the large intestine and its branches. In 12 cases, there was endophlebitis of the inferior mesenteric vein. The morphology of the worms is consistent with the recently described genus Allobilharzia. Placement in this genus was confirmed also by phylogenetic analysis of nuclear 28S, 18S and, internal transcribed spacer (ITS) ribosomal DNA (rDNA), and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (CO1) sequences. Data further suggest the worms are conspecific with the European A. visceralis, the only described species of the genus and which was found to be the sister taxon to the most diverse avian schistosome genus, Trichobilharzia. This is the first report of a schistosome infection from native swans in North America.

Received: November 15, 2006; Accepted: April 16, 2007; Published: June 1, 2007  Show citation

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Brant, S.V. (2007). The occurrence of the avian schistosome Allobilharzia visceralis Kolářová, Rudolfová, Hampl et Skírnisson, 2006 (Schistosomatidae) in the tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus (Anatidae), from North America. Folia Parasitologica, 54(2), 99-104. doi: 10.14411/fp.2007.013
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