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Bilal Dik currently works at the Division of Parasitology, Selcuk University. Bilal does research in Animal Science, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. He has been studying on chewing lice of wild birds, Culicoides biting midges and myiasis and other insects or mites which are veterinary and medical importance.
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October 1984 - September 2013
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Background and objectives: Sciurus anomalus Güldenstädt, 1785 (Rodentia: Sciuridae) is a rodent commonly called the Persian squirrel (also Caucasian squirrel). This medium-sized tree squirrel is one of 29 species in the genus Sciurus and is native to temperate, broadleaf, and mixed forests in the Irano-Anatolian region of western Asia. Herein, we r...
İnsan sağlığı açısından önemli olan tahtakuruları Cimicidae ve Reduviidae ailelerinde yer alırlar. Bu ailelerde bulunan bazı türler nimf ve ergin dönemlerinde insanlardan ve hayvanlardan kan emerek beslenirler. Cimicidae ailesinde yer alan türlerden Cimex lectularius ve Cimex hemipterus insan sağlığını yakından ilgilendirirler. Türkiye'de, özellikl...
This case report was prepared to provide information about Menacanthus pallidulus (Neumann, 1912), which was detected for the first time on a domestic chicken in Hatay province of Türkiye. Louse specimens collected from a chicken by a student were brought to Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology,...
Ectoparasite infestations affect poultry directly and indirectly in many ways. Among these, lice are highly adaptable, but they are an important problem for both commercial and small-scale poultry breeders because they infest frequently and cause economic losses. Lice are permanent, obligate ectoparasites that spend all their development stages on...
This study was carried out to determine chewing lice species of the wild birds, which were brought to the Veterinary Health, Practice and Research Center and Wild Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Center of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, between May 2018-August 2022. For this purpose, 75 wild birds injured or sick, which needed medical treatment wh...
Between September 2019 and December 2023, a total of 612 wild birds representing 16 orders, 33 families, 60 genera, and 78 species from nine provinces of Iran with different climates namely Hamedan (n = 54), Sistan-va-Baluchestan (n = 372), Kerman (n = 73), South Khorasan (n = 52), Mazandaran (n = 7), Chaharmahal-va-Bakhtiari (n = 2), Gilan (n = 2)...
Chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera and Amblycera) are permanent ectoparasites of birds and primarly feed on the feathers and scales of birds. To detect the chewing lice species found on birds in Aras basin, Igdir, Türkiye, a total of 240 birds represented by 61 species belonging to 30 families in 13 orders were examined during the 2021 bird mig...
This study was carried out in the Kızılırmak Delta Cernek Bird Ringing Station, Central Black Sea Region, during August and September 2020, to survey the louse species found on shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes). A total of 241 birds belonging to 13 species were searched for chewing lice. Eleven species in six genera of the family Scolopacidae (Act...
Iğdır Aras Nehri Kuş Cenneti’nde göçmen kuşların bitleri (Phthiraptera:Amblycera,Ischnocera) üzerine bir araştırma
Objective:
The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence rates of ectoparasites (external parasites) seen in cattle in Muğla, Aydın and İzmir regions.
Methods:
For ectoparasite screening, a total of 1,353 cattle breeds from Muğla, Aydın and İzmir regions were included in the study. Ectoparasite samples were collected with the help of hand,...
This study was performed in AKUREM (Afyon Kocatepe University Wildlife Rescue Rehabilitation Training Practise and Research Centre) within Afyon Kocatepe University, in Türkiye between 2017-2022. In this period, 29 injured wild mammals belonging to the 11 species, and 11 individuals belonging to a reptile species (Testudo graeca), a total of 40 ani...
Bu araştırma 2017-2022 tarihleri arasında AKÜREM (Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Yaban Hayatı Kurtarma, Rehabilitasyon, Eğitim, Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi)’de yapılmıştır. Bu tarihler arasında merkeze getirilen 11 türe ait 29 yabani memeli hayvan ile bir sürüngen (Kaplumbağa; Testudo graeca) türüne ait 11, toplam 40 hayvan dış parazit yönünden makr...
Ticks are obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites of vertebrate animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, and even amphibians. As a suitable host, birds may carry and spread ticks and serve as reservoirs for some tick-borne pathogens. The present study reports an impressive tick infestation on a long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus (Cretzschmar), in...
The prevalence, number of species, and individual numbers of chewing lice found on birds may vary depending on different biotic and abiotic factors. Studies detecting the effects of different conditions on chewing lice were carried out generally on bird species belonging to one order or family. In addition, there can be conflict concerning the ecol...
Türkiye is a natural land bridge connecting Europe and Asia, and has a rich terrestrial mammalian fauna, with more than 150 species within the seven orders. However, there is limited information on ectoparasites of wild animals, especially carnivores, in Türkiye. In the present study, we provide the first data of ectoparasites of Turkish stone mart...
Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) act as mechanical and biological vectors of arboviruses and are crucial in the global spread of these viruses. This study investigated the diversity of distribution of Culicoides species and the presence of Bluetongue virus (BTV) and Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in Tekirdağ province in Northwest Türk...
Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) act as mechanical and biological vectors of arboviruses and are crucial in the global spread of these viruses. This study investigated the diversity of distribution of Culicoides species and the presence of Bluetongue virus (BTV) and Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in Tekirdağ province in Northwest Türk...
The present survey paper documents the chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) associated with the Accipitriformes of Turkey. A total of 182 accipitrid birds belonging to 14 species, and 9 genera were surveyed. For the collection of lice, feathers of birds were carefully examined; an insecticide was applied on birds into a breathable pap...
Culicoides biting midges are well known biological vectors of several arboviruses causing more than 100 veterinary and medical diseases worldwide. In Algeria, bluetongue virus, which is transmitted by Culicoides midges, is responsible for one of the most critical insect-borne diseases of sheep. For example, this disease caused clinically severe mor...
Ctenodactylus gundi were captured in the southern region of Aures, Algeria from December 2015 through June 2017 to assess their ectoparasite diversity. 63.5% of the gundi had one or more ectoparasites, while 36.5% had none. Eight species of ectoparasites were identified. The most abundant taxa were species of Neotrombicula (61.5%), Trombicula (10.6...
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The distribution and prevalence of chewing lice found on Common Moorhens Gallinula chloropus varied between seasons and peaked during the winter. There was also significant variation in how lice were distributed around the body regions of the hosts.
Aims
To identify the species of lice found on the Common Moorhen, evaluate the seasonal var...
Turkey is a natural land bridge connecting Europe and Asia, and has a rich terrestrial mammalian fauna, with more than 150 species within the seven orders. However, there is limited information on ectoparasites of wild animals, especially carnivores, in Turkey. In the present study, we provide the first data of ectoparasites (fleas, ticks, and lice...
The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of nosemosis by using microscopic and molecular (Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)) methods in honey bees of Hatay province, and to investigate the effects of beekeepers' attitudes and behaviors and apiary conditions on the spread of disease through a survey study. In the study, adult bee samples w...
The reed bunting is a passerine bird of the Palearctic region, some subspecies suffer a decline in their populations. Four species of lice have been cited in reed bunting, but lice studies have not been carried out in the Iberian Peninsula. Between 2018 and 2020 a wintering population of the reed bunting is sampled in the center of the Iberian Peni...
Black rats are considered a carrier of arthropods that are vectors of diseases to animals and humans. No studies have ever been reported on ectoparasites of this rodent in Algeria. Where Rattus rattus was introduced recently in the south-eastern oasis and has taken refuge in palm groves. To identify the ectoparasites, richness, and prevalence of th...
Schmallenberg orthobunyavirus (SBV), first discovered in 2011, belongs to the Orthobunyavirus genus of the Peribunyaviridae family. SBV, which predominantly infects ruminants, can cause severe fetal malformations when pregnant animals are infected during a critical phase of gestation.
In this study, 1590 blood serum samples from cattle, sheep, and...
Otobius megnini (Ixodida: Argasidae) is a cosmopolitan soft tick that parasitizes humans as well as domestic and wild animals. The larval and nymph stages of this tick usually feed by parasitizing in the ear canal. The material of this study consists of ticks collected during ear cleaning in approximately 496 people coming with the complaint of ear...
Study Objectives: Ectoparasites, such as chewing lice, fleas, ticks, mites, etc. can infest domestic and wild birds; and they cause irritation, anorexia, allergic reactions, decrease in animal products, and may transmit some parasitic, rickettsial, and viral diseases to birds. This study was performed to detect ectoparasites on wild birds in the Wi...
This study was carried out in Southeastern Algerian Oases for two years (2017 and 2018), on 300 doves consisting of two species, Streptopelia turtur arenicola L. and Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838). A total of 854 ectoparasite specimens were identified. On Streptopelia decaocto, five lice species recorded from the first time in Biskra (Al...
Cette étude a été réalisée dans les oasis du Sud-Est Algérien de la wilaya de Biskra durant la période 2017-2018. Sur 300 individus de tourterelles constituées de deux espèces Streptopelia turtur arenicola L. et Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838), un total de 854 spécimens d'ectoparasites a été trouvé. Concernant Streptopelia decaocto, cinq...
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate equine piroplasms of wild horses (Equus ferus caballus) in Konya province of Turkey in November-December 2017. For this aim, blood samples were collected from 36 wild horses and examined for equine piroplasms by microscopy and multiplex PCR. Some of the PCR products from positive samples were also...
Introduction: The infestation of live humans and animals with dipterous larvae is called Myiasis. These larvae feed on the living or dead tissues, body fluids, and ingested foods of hosts at least for a certain period in myiasis cases. Case Presentation: During clinical examination, several larvae were detected in the perianal area of a goat at Sel...
Akabane virus (AKAV), which causes Akabane disease, is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) transmitted by Culicoides biting midges and mosquitoes. AKAV is an important pathogen that causes abortion and congenital anomalies in ruminants. In this study, we determined the prevalence of AKAV infection and identified possible viral vectors in Turkey’s...
Four new species of amblyceran chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 are described from hosts of the babbler families Leiothrichidae, Paradoxornithidae and Timaliidae in China. They are: Myrsidea attenuata n. sp. from Garrulax maesi maesi (Oustalet, 1890), Myrsidea zhangae n. sp. from Ianthocincla berthemyi (Oustalet, 1876), Myrsidea l...
Myiasis is infection with a fly larva, usually occurring in tropical and subtropical areas. A 32-years-old immunocompro-mised woman with fever, gastrointestinal pain, cramps, vomiting; and fatigue was referred to Ghaem Hospital in Mash-had in July 2018. Entomological characterisation of cephaloskeletons, posterior spiracles of the excreted larvae a...
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate equine piroplasms of wild horses (Equus ferus caballus) in Konya province of Turkey in November-December 2017. For this aim, blood samples were collected from 36 wild horses and examined for equine piroplasms by microscopy and multiplex PCR. Some of the PCR products from positive samples were also...
Myiasis is defined as follows; some flies lay their eggs and larvae on live organs and tissues or on cavities of nose, eye, ear and etc of humans or animals and the larvae develop there and cause pathological disorders. One of the rare types of myiasis is the urogenital myiasis. This condition has been associated with covering urogenital area with...
Approximately 250 feral horses [Equus ferus caballus (Linnaeus, 1758)] living on Karadağ Mountain near Karaman City were caught by Kazakh horse herdsmen with permission of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and brought to a farm in Karkın village in Konya Province, 70 km from Karadağ, in November, 2017. This study was carried out to d...
Avian haemosporidians (Haemosporida) represent a globally distributed, species-rich multiparasite-multihost host-parasite system. Each year, many of these parasite lineages are carried between temperate and tropical regions by migratory birds. While several factors can limit the transmission of avian haemosporidians to new areas, recent studies hav...
This case report was prepared to give information about Linognathus setosus (von Olfers, 1816) detected on a 2-year-old male Rottweiler breed dog which was brought to a private veterinary clinic due to restlessness and itching. Lice were found especially on the head, neck and back regions of the dog in the examination for ectoparasites. Four female...
This study was conducted to identify the gastrointestinal helminths of wild horses in Konya, Turkey. Fresh stool samples collected from 66 horses were evaluated by flotation, sedimentation, Baermann-Wetzel, and stool culture methods. All 66 stool samples examined were found to be positive for helminths and the following parasites were detected: Tri...
Mallophaga are permanent ectoparasites, extremely specific to their hosts that can have harmful affects on the host by transmitting a range of pathogens. This study was conducted at Lake Tonga (National Park of El Kala in northeastern Algeria), between January 2017 and December 2018. Chewing lice collected from 57 live-captured Common Coot Fulica a...
Une étude a été conduite au sud de la Wilaya de Sétif (Est de l'Algérie) à l'étage semi-aride, de janvier à décembre 2016, sur les tiques parasites des bovins. L'objectif était de suivre la dynamique saisonnière des différentes espèces de tiques ren-contrées chez les vaches et de déterminer leur abondance ainsi que les variations du niveau d'infest...
The presence of the little-known flea Caenopsylla laptevi laptevi Mikulin & Zagniborodova, 1958 is reported for the first time in Turkey. All known hosts and distribution reports of C. laptevi laptevi are outlined and the significance of the new record is discussed. Also, re-descriptions of male and female of C. laptevi laptevi based on Turkish spe...
Seven nematodes collected from a crushed turtle were brought to Selçuk University Faculty of Veterinary Parasitology Department.
A few of them were transparented in lactophenol approximately for three weeks. After the parasites were cleared, their head
regions were examined microscopically in apical and lateral positions. The posterior ends of the...
In the clinical examination of a donkey, which brought to the Ownerless Animal Care and Rehabilitation Center of the Hatay Metropolitan Municipality due to neglecting and senility, local hair losses, ruffling and opacity were observed. A few louse specimens were detected on the hair shafts on the back of the donkey during the macroscopic examinatio...
Studies on bird ectoparasites are little studied in Algeria. The work presented, is interested in ectoparasites attached to the families of Meropidae, namely the European Bee-eater Merops apiaster and Blue- cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus, these two species are migratory birds that cause damage to the beekeeper. Where it consumes many bees while...
A preliminary study was performed to detect the sucking lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera: Anoplura) on small mammals in different localities of Turkey, between the years of 2017–2018. Six specimens of sucking lice were collected from six different small mammalian species belonging to five different genera. The lice were identified as Polyplax borealis F...
The purpose of this study was to record the species of chewing lice parasitising Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788), the white-rumped vulture, in Pithauli, Nawalparasi District, Nepal, from February to June 2017. Three louse species were identified: Cuculiphilus (Aegypiphilus) gypsis (Eichler, 1944), Colpocephalum sp., and the new species Aegypoecus b...
The purpose of this study was to record the species of chewing lice parasitising Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788), the white-rumped vulture, in Pithauli, Nawalparasi District, Nepal, from February to June 2017. Three louse species were identified: Cuculiphilus (Aegypiphilus) gypsis (Eichler, 1944), Colpocephalum sp., and the new species Aegypoecus b...
A four-year-old Kangal dog with hundreds of ixodid ticks in the head and neck regions and a large number of myiasis larvae in the anal region were brought to Selcuk University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine. A paralysis covering the anterior and posterior extremites, except the head region was determined in the dog...
Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) are abundant ectoparasites of birds and mammals. They are adapted to life in the plumage or pelage of their hosts and virtually never leave the host during their life cycle. Most species are highly host specific. This study was carried out to determine species richness, abundance, and prevalence of chewing lice...
Identification of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges to species has become important due to their potential role in the transmission of arboviruses such as bluetongue virus, bovine ephemeral fever virus, Akabane virus, African horse sickness virus, epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus and Schmallenberg virus. In several studies, mo...
This study was conducted to identify a Mallophagous louse in the cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) during the breeding season between 2015,2016 and 2017 in the eastern region of Algeria at several areas (Oum el Bouaghi area, the heronry of Silla common Sigus, and el Madher wilaya de Batna). During this period the chicks were examined macroscopically for...
This study was conducted to identify a Mallophagous louse in the cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) during the breeding season between 2015,2016 and 2017 in the eastern region of Algeria at several areas (Oum el Bouaghi area, the heronry of Silla common Sigus, and el Madher wilaya de Batna). During this period the chicks were examined macroscopically for...
A case of traumatic myiasis caused by the Musca domestica (Linnaeus 1758) housefly was detected in a dog in Konya, Turkey.
A 4-year-old Kangal breed dog injured in a traffic accident was brought to the surgery clinic of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Selçuk University in Konya, Turkey for treatment. Several dipterous larvae were collected fr...
A case of traumatic myiasis caused by the Musca domestica (Linnaeus 1758) housefly was detected in a dog in Konya, Turkey.
A 4-year-old Kangal breed dog injured in a traffic accident was brought to the surgery clinic of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
at Selçuk University in Konya, Turkey for treatment. Several dipterous larvae were collected fr...
Objective:
The aim of this study was to examine the morphological characteristics of Colpocephalum nanum (C. nanum) Piaget, 1890 using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Methods:
For this purpose, the C. nanum specimens collected from long-legged buzzards, Buteo rufinus (B. rufinus) (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae), in...
A case of traumatic myiasis caused by the Musca domestica (Linnaeus 1758) housefly was detected in a dog in Konya, Turkey. A 4-year-old Kangal breed dog injured in a traffic accident was brought to the surgery clinic of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Selçuk University in Konya, Turkey for treatment. Several dipterous larvae were collected fr...
Objective: This study was carried out to detect mosquito (Diptera:Culicidae) fauna in the Western Black sea Region between June-August of 2014.
Methods: In this study, mosquito specimens were captured by using Onderstepoort type light traps in 6 provinces (Bartın, Bolu, Düzce, Karabük, Kastamonu and Zonguldak) of West Black Sea Region between June-...
The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of BTV infection and possible vector species in different regions of Turkey. In the study, blood samples taken from 666 Akkaraman sheep were examined. 2000 Culicoides specimens were captured by light traps from the same provinces and 20 Culicoides spp. were identified. Blood sera samples were in...
z Selçuk Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi Cerrahi Kliniğine maddi doku kayıplı yara şikayeti ile agoni halinde, dişi bir sokak kedisi getirildi. Kedinin muayenesi sırasında inguinal bölge ve anüse yakın kısımlarda çok sayıda larvaya rastlandı. Toplanan larvalar %70 alkolde muhafaza edildi ve daha sonra %10 KOH'de birkaç gün süreyle şeffaflandırıld...
Bu çalışma, 20. Ulusal Parazitoloji Kongresi (25-29 Eylül, Eskişehir)'nde poster olarak sunulmuştur. ÖZ Demodikozis, Demodex cinsindeki akarlar tarafından oluşturulan pilosebase ünitesinin ektoparazitik deri hastalığıdır. Demodex spp. sayıca artıp dermisi enfekte ettiğinde patojen olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu akarlar pitriyazis folikülorum, papülo...
We present this case report to provide information about Felicola subrostratus (Burmeister, 1838) (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) detected on a
2-year-old stray cat (Felis catus) brought for treatment to a veterinary clinic in Kocaeli, Turkey. Macroscopically, severe louse infestation was
detected on the cat. Some of the lice on the cat were collected u...
This study was conducted to detect ectoparasites of hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) between the years of 2003 and 2015 in Konya Province, Turkey. In this period, 75 hares shot by hunters were examined for ectoparasites macroscopically. Ectoparasites detected on the hares were collected with pliers and stored in tubes containing 70% ethanol. The tick...
This study was conducted to detect ectoparasites of hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) between the years of 2003 and 2015 in Konya Province, Turkey. In this period, 75 hares shot by hunters were examined for ectoparasites macroscopically. Ectoparasites detected on the hares were collected with pliers and stored in tubes containing 70% ethanol. The tick...
The distribution of the European swallow bug (Oeciacus hirundinis Jenyns, 1839) in the nests of house martin (Delichon urbica Linnaeus, 1758) in Afyonkarahisar (Turkey)
This study was performed to detect chewing lice species existed on some aquatic birds in Konya province in Turkey
between 2014-2016. For this aim, the birds which were brought to the clinics of Selçuk University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine for
treatment, and dead birds collected at Lake Çavuşçu were examined for louse. Louse specimens collected...
Cheyletiella species are the most important etiologic agents of allergic
dermatitis in pet animals, such as cats, dogs and rabbits, and also cause
dermatitis in humans. It is an infrequently reported eruption caused by
an ectoparasite whose normal hosts are household pets. Clinical signs
are usually caused by bites of mites that have infested domes...
This study was carried out on a young European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) caught in the sea in Akçay, Balıkesir, in August 2015. The lice collected from the European Shag were put into 70% alcohol solution and were mounted to slides with Canada balsam after being made transparent in 10% potassium hydroxide. The lice Eidmanniella pellucida and...
The goal of this research was to detect lice species on birds sampled in Cernek Bird Ringing Station located in Kizilirmak delta in Turkey between May 2014 and October 2015. Birds were examined for lice infestation. A total of 619 bird species were examined, and lice were detected on 117 of the 619 birds (18.90%). A total of 21 genera and 35 specie...
