TY - JFULL AU - Vassilena Dakova and Mariana Panayotova-Pencheva PY - 2018/9/ TI - Lung Parasites in Stone Martens (Martes foina L.) from Bulgaria T2 - International Journal of Bioengineering and Life Sciences SP - 246 EP - 250 VL - 12 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10009401 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 140, 2018 N2 - The present work focused on the study of pulmonary helminth-fauna of the stone marten in Bulgaria in terms of which the data are little. For the purpose, four stone martens were helminthologically necropsied according to the common technique. In addition, some of the injured lung parts were investigated after their boiling in lactic acid and subsequent compression. Four nematode species from different families of order Strongylida and Trichocephalida were found in the lungs. These were Crenosoma petrowi Morosov, 1939; Eucoleus aerophilus Creplin, 1839; Filaroides martis Werner, 1782 and Sobolevingylus petrowi Romanov, 1952. Some of the parasite structures with taxonomic importance were measured and described. According to our best knowledge, the species F. martis and S. petrowi are recorded for the first time as a part of the helminth-fauna of Southeast Europe and Bulgaria in particular. ER -