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Information × Registration Number 0223U000162, 0121U111976 , R & D reports Title Parasite fauna of the invasive red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1839) and its impact on the population conditions of the European mud turtle, Emys orbicularis L. popup.stage_title Head Svitin Roman S., Registration Date 03-01-2023 Organization Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine popup.description2  As a result of the research, it was found that most red-eared sliders (90.5%) were free of helminths, but most (65.3%) of the pond turtles were infected with at least one type of parasite. Trematodes Telorchis attenuata were found in two red-eared sliders, and three species of parasites were found in pond turtles, including the nematode Spiroxys contortus, the trematode Telorchis parvus, and the monogenean Polystomoides ocelatum. It should be noted that the trematode Telorchis attenuata, found in a red-eared turtle, is of North American origin, was not previously observed in Eastern Europe, and only one finding of this species is known in Spain from the same type of host. Thus, the results of our study show a fairly low probability of cross-infection between two species of turtles and, accordingly, a low impact of the parasitofauna of the red-eared slider on the state of the pond turtle population. Nevertheless, the presence of the alien parasite Telorchis attenuata, which impacts the natural species of turtles and can be catastrophic, is an important signal of the need to control the spread of red-eared turtles in Ukraine. Product Description popup.authors Svitin Roman S. popup.nrat_date 2023-01-03 Close