3rd International Congress on PARASITES OF WILDLIFE Kruger National Park South Africa 24 – 27 September 2017 PROGRAMME & ABSTRACTS 3rd International Congress on PARASITES OF WILDLIFE, Kruger National Park, South Africa. 24 – 27 September 2017 3rd International Congress on PARASITES OF WILDLIFE Kruger National Park South Africa 24 – 27 September 2017 Local Organising Committee Contents Prof Sonja Matthee (Chairperson) Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Welcome ........................ 3 Stellenbosch University Prof Susan Dippenaar Sponsors ........................ 4 Department of Biodiversity, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Limpopo International Congress Dr Danny Govender on Parasites of Wildlife: Disease Ecologist, SANParks - South African National Parks A history ........................ 5 Prof Banie Penzhorn Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort Programme ..................... 6 Prof Oriel Thekisoe Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, North West Poster Sessions ........... 11 University Workshop .................. 12 Scientific Programme Committee Plenary Speakers ............ 13 Prof Sonja Matthee (Chairperson) Oral Abstracts ............... 15 Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Poster Abstracts ............ 48 Prof Ian Beveridge Honorary Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Delegate List ................. 64 Prof Susan Dippenaar Department of Biodiversity, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Limpopo, South Africa Prof Conrad Matthee Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Conference organiser South Africa Prof Serge Morand CIRAD, France and Centre d’Ianfectiologie C Mérieux, Laos Prof Banie Penzhorn Petrie Vogel Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tel: +27 12 346 0687, Fax: +27 (12) 346 2929 Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Ondestepoort, South [email protected], www.savetcon.co.za Africa page 2 3rd International Congress on PARASITES OF WILDLIFE, Kruger National Park, South Africa. 24 – 27 September 2017 Welcome Dear Fellow Parasitologists On behalf of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa, I wholeheartedly welcome you to the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife in Skukuza. It is PARSA’s pleasure to host this event for a third time! For participants who are here for the first time, you are all very welcome and will definitely, as those of us who are attending for a second and third time, discover why we decided to have this congress every three years. For this 3rd ICPOW there are 182 registered participants representing 23 countries, including South Africa. I am convinced that you are all going to thoroughly enjoy the packed programme and the presentations during the three days, especially the three keynote speakers. I think an advantage of the congress is the variety of presentations that include parasites of different groups, different habitats and also the variety of research methods used in studying these parasites. This is the perfect platform to stimulate interest and learn something new, even if it is only out of curiosity. On behalf of all participants I want to thank the local organizing committee chaired by Prof Sonja Matthee and SAVETCON for all their hard work to organize the congress and all accompanying events. I want to urge you to make the most of the opportunity to strengthen existing, and to form new, friendships and collaborations but also to enjoy the tranquil atmosphere of the park and its inhabitants. Hopefully the event will persuade you to diarise it in your calendars as a “not to be missed” congress in future. Hope to see you all again in 2020! Sincerely Susan Dippenaar page 3 3rd International Congress on PARASITES OF WILDLIFE, Kruger National Park, South Africa. 24 – 27 September 2017 Sponsors Thank you to our sponsors for your generous financial support page 4 3rd International Congress on PARASITES OF WILDLIFE, Kruger National Park, South Africa. 24 – 27 September 2017 International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife: A history Based on the recollections of Professor Jo van As In 1991 the local Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA) hosted the first “International Congress on Parasitology of Wildlife” in Kruger National Park. At that time, South Africa was going through political turmoil and many scientists were isolated and excluded from the international scientific arena. The aim of the meeting was to provide a platform to engage with international scientists. Eighty- three international scientists, from 25 countries, presented 84 orals and numerous posters. Most of these scientists were in some way sponsored by the funds raised by the local organising committee. Professor Leon Fourie (an Elsdon-Dew medal laureate) played a significant role in fund-raising. Delegates started and ended the day with game drives as well as other social gatherings. On one particular evening, Banie Penzhorn there was a spontaneous sing-song event and many delegates could have been even more famous as singers/entertainers than as scientists (this was way before Idols). During September 2014, PARSA hosted the 2nd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife, in Kruger National Park. This meeting coincided with the 43rd Annual meeting of PARSA. Almost 150 delegates, from 19 countries (including South Africa), attended the meeting. The programme comprised 83 oral and 37 poster presentations. Kerstin Junker from Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa), Serge Morand jointly from Centre Christophe Mérieux (Lao PDR) and CIRAD (France) and Ute Mackenstedt from University of Hohenheim (Germany) gave keynote addresses. The days again ended with game drives and informal social events. At the 2014 Claude Comes & Mary Beverly-Burton meeting it was decided that PARSA will continue to host an International Congress on Parasitology of Wildlife every three years, with 2017 identified as the year for the 3rd International Congress on Parasites of Wildlife in Kruger National Park. Linda Basson & Stanislav Kazubsi Circular letter and registration form Jo van As (l) & Anna Verster (r) Postgraduate students, Chantel Baker & Piet King Piet Joubert page 5 3rd International Congress on PARASITES OF WILDLIFE, Kruger National Park, South Africa. 24 – 27 September 2017 Programme Day 1 (24 September 2017) 16:00-18:00 Registration 18:00 Welcome Reception @ Conference Centre Day 2 (25 September 2017) 07:30-08:00 Registration Venue 1 08:00 Keynote 1 - Tom Cribb - The nature and implications of trematode host-specificity: meaning from the muddle Chair: Nico Smit Venue 1 Venue 2 Session 1.1.1 Session 1.2.1 Parasites in marine systems Diversity & Distribution of mammalian parasites Chair: Nico Smit Chair: Andrea Spickett Presenter Title Abstr Presenter Title Abstr 08:45 Yong, Russell Advances in understanding 29 Modrý, David Diversity and host specificity 77 of fish blood flukes of strongylid nematodes in (Aporocotylidae) infecting primates: lessons learned tetraodontiform fishes: from a next generation taxonomy and systematics sequencing approach 09:00 Laubscher, Biosecurity and treatment of 76 Romig, Thomas Taeniid cestodes in African 53 Mariska fungal pathogens infecting mammals - an unrecognized Loggerhead sea turtles aspect of biodiversity (Caretta caretta) in South Africa 09:15 Lempereur, Crassicauda boopis in a 6 Thompson, Parasites lost - lessons 14 Laetitia fin whale (Balaenoptera Andrew learned from a critically physalus) ship-struck in the endangered Australian eastern North Atlantic Ocean marsupial – the woylie 09:30 Svavarsson, Species richness of gnathiids 16 Cervena, Diversity and host specificity 71 Jörundur (Crustacea, Isopoda) on the Barbora of Mammomonogamus in Australian Great Barrier Reef domestic and free-living and surrounding habitats – animals estimates based on adult males 09:45 Dippenaar, Siphonostomatoids 44 Mihalca, Andrei Wild carnivores of Europe 57 Susan collected from White Sharks as reservoirs of vector-borne (Carcharodon carcharias) nematodes during the OCEARCH project in South Africa 10:00 Georgieva, A complex of Macvicaria 45 Cohen, Carmit Mycoplasma bacteria in 139 Simona Gibson & Bray, 1982 the wild: From patterns to (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in mechanisms Mediterranean sparids 10:15 Martin, Storm Sucker stalk length is 28 - - - not important; it’s which fishes you infect with it that matters! Polyphyly among species of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) 10:30 Tea & Poster viewing Session I Session 1.1.2 Session 1.2.2 Taxonomy & Systematics of parasites in marine Ecology of small mammal parasites and freshwater systems Chair: Heike Lutermann Chair: Susan Dippenaar 11:00 De Jager, The Great American 72 Krasnov, Boris Host identity and parasite 4 Gerhard Trichodinid? performance: phylogenetic distance, co-occurrence and implications for evolution and conservation 11:15 Honka, Katrin Experimental proof of the 124 Warburton, Effects of parasitism on host 8 ‘Trojan horse’ strategy Elizabeth reproductive investment in a applied by the swim bladder rodent–flea system: Host litter nematode Anguillicola crassus size matters page 6 3rd International Congress on PARASITES OF WILDLIFE, Kruger National Park, South Africa. 24 – 27 September 2017 11:30 Jones, Ben The Schistosoma indicum 108 Spickett, Andrea Your address matters: 46 group: