Publications by authors named "N Martinez-Calabuig"

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  • Paramphistomids, trematodes affecting the rumen, are increasingly found in sheep in northwestern Spain, with 14% of the sheep and 44% of the farms testing positive for infection.
  • The study analyzed 826 fecal samples and identified risk factors such as age, farm management practices, and environmental conditions that influence infection rates and egg shedding of these parasites.
  • Molecular identification confirmed the presence of Calicophoron daubneyi, marking the first time this species has been identified in Spanish sheep, highlighting the growing concern of paramphistomid infections in this region.
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Herein we present a nasopharyngeal myiasis case by Cephenemyia stimulator in a roe deer hunted in Trás-os-Montes (NE Portugal). Preliminary inspection showed one larva sorting through the nostrils and the examination of the nasopharyngeal cavity showed more than 15 larvae in the glottis and retropharyngeal recesses. Four larvae were collected and stored into 70% ethanol for morphological and molecular identification.

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A total of 35 male roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from Lugo province (north-western Spain) were examined for pedicle myiasis between 2020 and 2022. All these animals had died by different causes and were examined or preserved just after their death to avoid post-mortem infestations. After external and internal head inspection, five animals were diagnosed with severe myiasis at the basis of the antlers (14.

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To identify the questing tick populations in urban and suburban areas from the city of Lugo (NW Spain), ticks were collected monthly by flagging. The presence of Borrelia spp., Rickettsia spp.

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Parasites extracted from the lungs and the pterygoid sinus complex of 6 species of odontocetes stranded along the north-west Spanish coast (Northeast Atlantic) between 2009 and 2019 were morphologically identified. The samples belonged to 14 specimens, including 3 harbour porpoises, , 6 short-finned pilot whales, , 1 long-finned pilot whale, , 1 Risso's dolphin, , 1 striped dolphin, and 2 bottlenose dolphins, . All animals (14/14) were infected by nematodes of the genus spp.

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