Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwich, 1964 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in a white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) in Türkiye

Two injured and exhausted white pelicans were brought to Afyon Kocatepe University Animal Hospital Surgery Clinic by Nature Conservation and National Parks officials. An open wound and a fracture of the right-wing radius-ulna bones were detected due to gunshot wound in one of the pelicans. The fracture was operated with intramedullary pin fixation. In the post-mortem examination of the pelican that died one day after the operation, 249 nematodes were found in the proventriculus. On parasitological examination, the nematodes were identified as Contracaecum rudolphii and in pelicans for the first time in Türkiye. In the coprological examination of the second pelican, Contracaecum sp. eggs were detected. Complete recovery was achieved with anthelmintic and supportive treatment