Mehmet Öztürk

• Ondokuz Mayıs University

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Clinostomum species in wild birds in Turkey using morphological and molecular methods. Methods 51 birds of 18 species from seven orders previously reported as definitive hosts of the Clinostomum spp. were collected. Identification of the species was made by morphological characterist...

The superfamily Ascaridoidea are parasitic nematodes in vertebrates, including birds and humans. In order to investigate the presence and distribution of these parasitic nematodes in birds acting as the definitive host, 157 birds of 64 bird species belonging to 16 orders were collected and necropsied in the Kızılırmak Delta area in the Bafra distri...

Acanthocephaliasis is a zoonotic parasitic infection of vertebrates. The phylum Acanthocephala contains nearly 1500 acanthocephalan species. The Archiacanthocephala class is observed in terrestrial habitats and usually has a large, spineless trunk. Acanthocephalans are parasitic worms that use insects as intermediate hosts in their two-host life cy...

Buffaloes, known to be resistant to environmental conditions and diseases, host many parasites. The study aimed to investigate the parasites of water buffaloes in Samsun by fecal examination methods. A total of 988 fecal samples (432 adult buffalo and 556 calves) were examined parasitological. End of the study, 7 different helminth eggs (2 trematod...

Feather mites (Astigmata: Analgoidea and Pterolichoidea) are commensal ectosymbionts permanently living on avian hosts. The study was based on parasitological examination of 59 bird specimens representing 28 species from the orders Accipitriformes, Apodiformes, Columbiformes, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, and Strigiformes collected in Artvin, Sams...

Background Prosthogonimus species is considered one of the most important pathogen parasites of poultry and wild birds because it causes defective egg formation, and deaths can be seen as a result of peritonitis. The genus Prosthogonimus is all‐around and has been reported in many areas worldwide. This study is research on the presence of Prosthogo...

The genus Philophthalmus, Looss 1899 (Echinostoma: Philophthalmidae) is a cosmopolitan group of parasites that infects the eyes of birds and mammals, including humans. A great egret (Ardea alba) was found dead in Kızılırmak Delta, Samsun, Turkey. The bird was transported to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun Turkey...

Three adult European glass lizards (Pseudopus apodus Klembara) were caught in the garden of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University (Samsun, Turkey) and were observed to have a tick infestation. During macroscopic examination, tick samples were collected from the lateral groove on both sides of the lizard by using blunt-tip tweezer...

The genus Philophthalmus, Looss 1899 (Echinostoma: Philophthalmidae) is a cosmopolitan group of parasites that infects the eyes of birds and mammals, including humans. A great egret (Ardea alba) was found dead in Kızılırmak Delta, Samsun, Turkey. The bird was transported to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun Turkey...

The Abaza goat is considered one of the local genetic resources, locally produced in the Northeast Anatoliaregion of Turkey. In Turkey, goat breeding is unstable, and as a result the population declines from time totime. The Abaza goat population is endangered and therefore protected. Parasitic diseases, whose detection is overlooked because they g...

Aim: The moles (Talpidae) are in the insectivora (Eulipotyphla) order of mammals and represented by five species in Turkey: Talpa davidiana, T. europaea, T. levantis, T. martinorum, T. ognevi. The Black Sea mole (Talpa levantis Thomas, 1906) is distributed in the Black Sea coasts and the Anatolian coasts of the Marmara Sea in areas where the habita...

Amaç: Trombiculosis, günümüzde 3000’in üzerinde Trombikülid türünün tanımlandığı ve sadece larva dönemlerinin insan ve hayvanlarda meydana getirdiği enfestasyon olarak bilinir. Son derece geniş bir konak yelpazesine sahip bu türler çoğunlukla memelilerde enfestasyona neden olmakla birlikte kuşlarda, sürüngenlerde ve amfibilerde de enfestasyona nede...

Amaç: Calodium hepaticum insanlarda kapillarial hepatitise neden olan, önemli zoonoz parazitlerden birisidir. Parazit doğada av-avcı ilişkisi içerisinde varlığını devam ettirirken, leş yeme ve kanibalizmin yaygın görüldüğü Muroidea üst ailesindeki kemirgen türlerinde yüksek oranlarda bulunur. Konak spesifitesi düşük olan parazit, dünya genelinde 30...

Three adult European glass lizards were caught in the garden of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University (May 2020) and presence of tick infestation was detected. During macroscopic examination, the samples were collected from lateral groove on both sides of the lizard by using blunt tip tweezers. As a result of the microscopic anal...

A dead black stork (Ciconia nigra) was found by an ornithologist in the Kızılırmak Delta near Samsun, Turkey and brought to the Parasitology Laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Ondokuz Mayis University for ectoparasitological examination in December 2019. During the examination, 45 specimens of chewing lice (21 males, 18 females and...

Ornithomya avicularia are flies that are obligate blood-suckers and feed on birds (ornithophilic) in the Hippoboscidae family. Due to their dorsal-ventral flattened appearance, they are called lice fly or tick fly. In the studies conducted so far, it has been determined that species belonging to the Hippoboscidae family have caused infestation in a...

A Case of Frontal Osteoma with Pulmonary Adenomatosıs, Paratuberculosıs, and Systemıc Parasıtosıs in a Sheep