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Haematobium irritans and Haematobium titillans as potential vectors of Parabronema skrjabini in camels (Camelus bactrianus) in Inner Mongolia, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2020

Yang Liu Open the ORCID record for Yang Liu [Opens in a new window] ,
Zhiguo Zhao ,
Xiaoye Yang ,
Lianru Yang ,
Bo Yang ,
Wenqing Zheng ,
Wensheng Li ,
Xiaoping Luo ,
Rui Wang  and
Wei Gu
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Yang Liu
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Zhiguo Zhao
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China Hohhot Customs District, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Xiaoye Yang*
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Lianru Yang
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Bo Yang
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Wenqing Zheng
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Wensheng Li
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Xiaoping Luo
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Rui Wang
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Wei Gu
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Penglong Wang
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
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Author for correspondence: Xiaoye Yang, E-mail: xiaoyeyang122@sohu.com
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Abstract

Parabronema skrjabini is one of the most harmful nematodes to camels and is responsible for economic losses in animal husbandry industry. There is an urgent need for in-depth studies of potential vectors of the nematode due to its scant regarding information. As previous studies indicated that flies may be the vectors of P. skrjabini, we captured flies in the main camel-producing areas of Inner Mongolia. After autopsy of the specimens of two species of horn flies, we observed the morphology of the suspected nematode larvae found in them. Internal transcribed spacer ribosomal-DNA gene sequences were considered the best candidate to confirm the species of the larvae found. Our results showed that the homology compared with P. skrjabini was 99.5% in GenBank. Subsequently, we preliminarily identified two species of horn flies through morphological observation and then sequenced the mitochondrial-DNA-gene cytochrome oxidase subunit I obtained from two species of horn flies, with 100 and 99.2% similarity to sequences deposited in GenBank, respectively. Thus, we identified Haematobia titillans and Haematobia irritans and provided evidence for their potential role as vectors of parabronemosis. Our study provides reference for future research on the life history of the nematode and the vectors of parabronemosis.

Keywords

Camelus bactrianuscytochrome oxidase subunit Ihorn fliesmitochondrial-DNAParabronema skrjabiniparabronemosisruminantsvectors
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Parasitology , Volume 147 , Issue 13 , November 2020 , pp. 1509 - 1514
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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These authors contributed equally to this work.

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