Abstract

본 연구는 서해안 새만금 방조제 내만에서 발견된 상괭이의 기생충 감염 사례 보고이다. 상괭이는 수컷으로 연령이 8세로 추정되었다. 기생충은 복강, 두개골 및 폐 등 총 3개 기관에서 3종류가 발견되었다. 복강내 선충은 Crassicauda sp.으로 추정되었다. 두개골내 흡충은 Nasitrema sp., 선충은 Pseudaliids 과에 속하는 폐충의 일종일 것으로 추정되었고 폐충은 폐 조직표본 현미경 검사에서도 발견되었다. 아니사키스 (Anisakis spp.) 는 발견되지 않았다. Finless porpoise is the one of porpoises in Korean waters that frequently observed in the coastal area. This study reported parasite infection cases of stranded finless porpoise, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis which was stranded on the Saemangeum Dyke on the west coast of Korea 21 May, 2012. The finless porpoise was male, and estimated at 8 years old. Parasites were found in abdominal cavity, skull and lung. The parasites were identified as nematode, trematoda and lungworm. Nematoda in abdominal cavity was Crassicauda sp. Trematoda found in the skull was indentified Nasitrema sp. Lungworm in lung seemed one of genus Pseudaliids. Anisakis spp. has not been found.

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