Author(s): Lopes, C ; Santos-Silva, S ; Nunes, C ; Mendes, S ; Costa, C ; Brazio, E ; Coutinho, T ; Rodrigues, FT ; Mesquita, JR ; Coelho, AC ; Cardoso, L ; Lopes, AP
Date: 2023
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/154113
Origin: Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
Subject(s): Asio otus; Synhimantus laticeps; genetic analysis; morphology; Portugal
The long-eared owl (Asio otus) is a medium-sized owl species that is well-distributed in almost all of the territories in Portugal. Nematodes were found in the oral cavity of a long-eared owl (A. otus) admitted to CRASSA (Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre of Santo Andre). During a physical exam and stabilization of the bird, five nematodes were collected. The worms were examined and measured under light microscopy, and photos were taken. After a morphological analysis was conducted, all the nematodes (five females) were identified as Synhimantus (Synhimantus) laticeps. Two specimens were subjected to molecular analysis, which confirmed the result. This study provides a combined morphological and genetic approach to S. laticeps. To the authors' best knowledge, this is the first report including genetic sequencing of S. laticeps in a long-eared owl (A. otus) from Portugal.
