Parasitology Research

, Volume 115, Issue 9, pp 3663–3668 | Cite as

Anisakis Dujardin, 1845 infection (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps Blainville, 1838 from west Pacific region off the coast of Philippine archipelago

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Abstract

Cetaceans are definitive hosts of anisakid nematodes known to cause human anisakidosis. Despite the reported strandings of different cetaceans in the Philippines, studies on anisakids from these definitive hosts are limited. Here, the morphologically and molecularly identified anisakid species, specifically those of the genus Anisakis Dujardin, 1845 in stranded Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps Blainville, 1838 in the west Pacific region off Philippine waters are presented. Morphological data using SEM and LM revealed multi-infections with different Anisakis species belonging to Anisakis type I and type II groups. Molecularly, PCR-RFLP on the ITS rDNA and sequence data analyses of both ITS rDNA and mtDNA cox2 regions identified those from Anisakis type I group as A. typica (Diesing, 1860), whereas those from type II group as A. brevispiculata Dollfus, 1968, and A. paggiae Mattiucci et al. (Syst Parasitol 61:157–171, 2005). This is the first record of Anisakis infection from this host stranded in the west Pacific region off the coast of Philippine waters and new geographical record for A. paggiae.

Keywords

Philippines West Pacific region Kogia breviceps Pygmy sperm whale Anisakis species 
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Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank Dr. Mudjekeewis D. Santos and his staffs for collecting the worm samples from the stranded Pygmy Sperm Whales and for pre-processing and sending the worm samples to Japan. The author deeply expresses his thanks to Professor Tomoyoshi Yoshinaga of the University of Tokyo (Japan) for his untiring support and for the use of his laboratory facilities in the conduct of this study. This study was partly supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers and a Grant-in-Aid for JSPS fellows (23–01405).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.College of Fisheries and Freshwater Aquaculture CenterCentral Luzon State UniversityScience City of MuñozPhilippines

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