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Kaddouri Mohamed Amine

  • Biodiversity Journal, 12 (1): 0261-0264

    Kaddouri Mohamed Amine, Slimani Sabrina, Dahmani Lydia, Kaci Zakia, Aroua Khaoula, Chebli Abderahmane & Biche Mohamed
    Abundance fluctuation of Spirura rytipleurites seurati Chabaud, 1954 (Nematoda Spiruridae) parasite of Desert Hedgehog Hemiechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1833) (Insectivora Erinaceidae) in the Region of Merigha (Laghouat, Algeria)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.1.261.264

    ABSTRACT
    The study has been undertaken for three consecutive years on the diet of the desert hedgehog Hemiechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1833) (Insectivora Erinaceidae) in Merigha (Laghouat). It highlighted a great abundance of a parasitic nematode of the digestive tube: Spirura rytipleurites seurati Chabaud, 1954. The helminths are sparsely abundant in the droppings in April; while their numbers increase until June-July, then decrease drastically in August. They increase again and reach a second abundance peak in October. The droppings infestation rate varies in the same way, where these variations are interpreted in relation to the parasite cycle and to the variations of the hedgehog diet’s composition.