Farhad Mokhtari-Derakhshan

           Diplom-Biologe (M. Sc.)

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Current Research Field

Parasitology of free ranging animals

For seven years I have been member of the Parasitology Working Group here at the University of Kiel.
During this period I took part in parasitological investigations on mainly small mammals.
In one of the projects Dr. Böckeler (Leader of the Parasitology Working Group), Mr Wolf Pecher (M. Sc.), and I investigated the reasons for the decrease of the population of hares (Lepus europaeus) in Schleswig-Holstein (North Germany). Among various reasons, parasites were also thought to be responsible for this phenomenon. None of the hares showed clinical manifestations (e.g. hairloss or any kinds of athropies). The weights of parasitized and parasite free hares did not differ significantly. Thus it is unlikely that parasites were responsible for the decrease of the hare population in Schleswig-Holstein.
This project was carried out together with Dr. G. Heidemann (Institut für Haustierkunde), Kiel, and the local Veterinary Research Department. It was supported by the local hunting association and the local Department for Nutrition, Agriculture and Fishery.

In a second projekt Mr Pecher and I were working on the helminth fauna of Arvicolidae, Muridae and Soricidae. The aim of this work was to provide a comprehensive list of helminths of theses animal groups in North Germany and to add to the current understanding of the epidemiology of the parasites found.
This project was funded and carried out together with the Center for Ecosystem Research at the lakes of Bornhöved (PZÖ), Kiel, Germany.

Current Research Interest

At the moment I am interested in any kind of parasitological research.

List of Publications

1. MOKHTARI-DERAKHSHAN, F., PECHER, W. & BÖCKELER, W. (1992): Parasitologische Befunde an Wildhasen in Schleswig-Holstein (Nord-Deutschland) (Parasitological findings on hares in Schleswig-Holstien (Northern Germany);
   Mitt. Österr. Ges. Tropenmed. Parasitol. 14: 45-52
    
2. MOKHTARI-DERAKHSHAN, F. & PECHER, W. T. (1993):
   Welche Parasiten hat der Feldhase (Lepus europaeus) nach den derzeitigen Untersuchungen in Schleswig-Holstein? (What parasites could be found in hares (Lepus europaeus) from Schleswig-Holstein on behalf of current investigations?);
   Jäger & Fischer 39 (1): 14-16
     
3. BÖCKELER, W., PECHER, W. T. & MOKHTARI-DERAKHSHAN, F. (1992):
   Endoparasiten des Feldhasen (Lepus europaeus) aus ausgewählten Gebieten Schleswig-Holsteins (Endoparasites of the hare (Lepus europaeus) from chosen regions of Schleswig-Holstein);
   Verhandlungen d. dtsch. Zool. Ges. 85.1, Kurzpuplikationen (Short Communications): 285
    
4. BÖCKELER, W., MOKHTARI-DERAKHSHAN, F. & PECHER, W. T. (1994):
   Zur Parasitenbürde des Feldhasen (Lepus europaeus) in Schleswig-Holstein (On the parasitic infections of hares (Lepus europaeus) of Schleswig-Holstein);
   Z. Jagdwiss. 40: 22-29
    
5. PECHER, W. T. & MOKHTARI-DERAKHSHAN, F. (1995a):
   Parasiten des Hundes (Canis lupus f. familiaris), Teil 1 (Parasites of the dog (Canis lupus f. familiaris), part 1);
   Jäger & Fischer 41 (1): 27-29
    
6. PECHER, W. T. & MOKHTARI-DERAKHSHAN, F. (1995b): Parasiten des Hundes (Canis lupus f. familiaris), Teil 2 (Parasites of the dog (Canis lupus f. familiaris), part 2);
   Jäger & Fischer 41 (2): 40-42
     
7. PECHER, W. T., MOKHTARI-DERAKHSHAN, F. & BÖCKELER, W. (1996a):
   Epidemiologische Bemerkungen zur Helminthenfauna von zwei Spitzmausarten (Sorex araneus L. 1758, S. minutus L. 1766) mit unterschiedlichen ökologischen Ansprüchen (Notes on the epidemiology of helminths parasitizing two shrew species (Sorex araneus L. 1758, S. minutus L. 1766) with different ecological demands);
   Mitt. Österr. Ges. Tropenmed. Parasitol. 18: 193-190
    
8. PECHER, W.T., MOKHTARI-DERAKHSHAN, F. & BÖCKELER, W. (1996b):
   Parasitological findings in two shrew species (Sorex araneus L. 1758, S. minutus L. 1766) from Schleswig-Holstein (North-Germany) with notes on the epidemiology of their cestodes and trematodes;
   EMOP VII Abstracts, Parassitologia 38 (1-2): 268
   

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