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A survey on endoparasites in wild rodents of the Jaz Murian depression and adjacent areas, southeast of Iran

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In this survey, rodents and their endoparasites were investigated in the Jaz Murian depression and adjacent areas, southeast Iran. In total, 146 specimens of rodents belong to 13 species were trapped. In general, 10 different genera of endoparasites including 11 species were collected. The endoparasites were identified as follows: (1) Nematodes:Trichuris muris,Syphacia obvelata,Labiostomum sp.,Labiostomum naimi,Mastrophorus muris,Aspicularis tetraptera andHeligmosomoides skrjabini, Physaloptera sp. (2) Cestodes:Choanotaenia sp.,Raillietina sp., andHymenolepis diminuta. Of 146 captured rodents,Tatera indica was found with high parasitic infestation (with 93% infested) comparing toAcomys dimidiatus (66%),Rattus rattus (50%),Meriones libycus (15%),Jaculus blanfordi (14%) andMus musculus (8%) whereas, seven rodent species,Nesokia indica, Gerbillus nanus, Golunda ellioti,Calomyscus hotsoni,Apodemus witherbyi, Cricetulus migratorius andMicrotus mystacinus were free from any parasitic infestation. Those six infested rodent species were collected from the center of the Jaz Murian depression, whereas seven non-infested rodents’ species exceptN. indica andG. nanus live in the marginal ranges of the Jaz Murian depression, therefore, these species inhabiting the central parts were supposed to be more important from the health aspect. The species,Labiostomum naimi collected fromA. dimidiatus is the first report of this species in rodents from Iran.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by grants from the Vice President Research and Technology of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran under Project No. 3/32150. Permission number to collect specimens was authorized by The Iranian Department of Environment (Permission Number: 93/45436; 2014, 18th Nov.). This paper is dedicated to the memory of my supervisor, Prof. Jamshid Darvish, who passed away during this project. We would like also to thank anonymous reviewers for their instructive comments to the primary version of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Crop Productions Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Higher Educational Complex of Saravan, Saravan, Iran

    Asghar Khajeh

  2. Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

    Gholam Reza Razmi

  3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

    Zeinolabedin Mohammadi, Jamshid Darvish & Fatemeh Ghorbani

  4. Department of Medical Entomology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Mohammadi

  5. National Reference Laboratory for Plague, Tularemia and Q Fever, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infection Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Akanlu, Kabudar Ahang, Hamadan, Iran

    Ali Mohammadi

  6. Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Iraj Mobedi

  7. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Higher Educational Complex of Saravan, Saravan, Iran

    Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi

Authors
  1. Asghar Khajeh
  2. Zeinolabedin Mohammadi
  3. Jamshid Darvish
  4. Gholam Reza Razmi
  5. Fatemeh Ghorbani
  6. Ali Mohammadi
  7. Iraj Mobedi
  8. Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi

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AK, ARS and GRR shared in the study design, research topics and providing the funds. AK and ZM collected rodent samples and AK, ZM, and FG identified the rodent specimens and wrote the manuscript. AK and ARS collected the endoparasites and performed the laboratory work on endoparasites. AK, ZM, FG, AM, IM, GRR identified the endoparasites. All authors shared in interpretation of the results, and reviewed the manuscript.

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Khajeh, A., Mohammadi, Z., Darvish, J.et al. A survey on endoparasites in wild rodents of the Jaz Murian depression and adjacent areas, southeast of Iran.J Parasit Dis42, 589–597 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-018-1040-9

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