2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Survey on parasite fauna of wild birds of Japan, and construction of the parasite fauna database
| Project/Area Number |
22570100
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Biodiversity/Systematics
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| Research Institution | Meguro Parasitological Museum |
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Principal Investigator |
IWAKI Takashi 財団法人目黒寄生虫館, 研究員 (70263473)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
OKAMOTO Munehiro 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 教授 (70177096)
TSURUMI Miyako 山階鳥類研究所, 自然誌研究室, 専門員 (80188648)
KOBAYASHI Sayaka 山階鳥類研究所, 自然誌研究室, 専門員 (70414092)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 自然史 / 寄生生物 |
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| Research Abstract |
A helminthological survey was carried out on wild birds in Japan (334 individuals belonging to 125 species) which were rescued and died after protection between 1983 and 2012. Parasitic helminths were identified by morphological observation. For part of the identified worms, mtDNA cox1 genes were sequenced. Data of helminth fauna (2053 records of 722 species of helminths from 220 species of birds) that previously reported from wild birds in Japan were registered and arranged by a database software. The database was shared on a website of Meguro Parasitological Museum.
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