Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Authors: | K. Kusakisako, Niiyama, H., Asano, E., Haraguchi, A., Hakozaki, J., Nakayama, K., Nakamura, S., Shindo, J., Kudo, N., Ikadai, H. |
Journal: | Journal of Veterinary Medicine Science |
Volume: | 84 |
Issue: | 7 |
Pagination: | 1015-1018 |
Date Published: | Jan-01-2022 |
Type of Article: | Open Access |
ISSN: | 0916-7250, 1347-7439 |
Keywords: | 12S rDNA, morphological identification, phylogenetical analysis, Ursus thibetanus japonicus |
Abstract: | Trichodectes pinguis, referred to commonly as the bear-biting louse, has been reported in several bear species. However, graphical (blurred or coarse) and genetic information on the louse is limited. In this study, we identified T. pinguis collected from Japanese black bears in the Aomori Prefecture, Japan. We confirmed 12S rDNA sequences derived from the collected T. pinguis and performed molecular phylogenetic analysis based on 12S rDNA. The analysis revealed the parasitic louse to be T. pinguis. Interestingly, the body size of T. pinguis found in this study was smaller than the previous recorded body size of them in Japan and Turkey. To better understand the biting louse infesting bears, morphometric and genetic information from other bear hosts needs to be accumulated. |
URL: | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvms/84/7/84_22-0107/_article |
DOI: | 10.1292/jvms.22-0107 |
Morphological and molecular phylogenetical identification of Tricodectes pinguis from Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) in Aomori Prefecture, Japan
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