High prevalence and intensity of Stephanurus dentatus in a population of wild boar (Sus scrofa) in south western Spain
| Autor: | Patricia Barroso, Carlos Martínez-Carrasco, Ursula Höfle, Pelayo Acevedo, Samantha Moratal, José E. Granados, R. Ruiz de Ybáñez, Joaquín Vicente |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Universidad de Castilla La Mancha |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine endocrine system Swine Epidemiology Sus scrofa Population Zoology Distribution medicine.disease_cause Wild boar 03 medical and health sciences biology.animal Infestation Prevalence medicine Animals Parasite hosting Juvenile education Strongylida Infections Strongyloidea Swine Diseases education.field_of_study General Veterinary biology urogenital system National park Stephanurus dentatus 030108 mycology & parasitology Spain Female Animal Science and Zoology |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| Popis: | Preliminary results were presented at the 35th meeting of the Wildlife Fauna Ecopathology Study Group (Groupe d’Étude sur l’Ecopathologie de la Faune Sauvage de Montagne/Grupo de Estudios de Ecopatología de Fauna Salvaje de Montaña, GEEFSM), Cofrentes Muela de Cortes, Valencia, Spain, 1st–4th June 2017. In the period from October 2016 to February 2017, the urinary tracts of 390 wild boar (Sus scrofa) from four areas of south central Spain (102 from Doñana National Park; 150 from Sierra Morena and the Toledo Mountains; 84 from Sierra Nevada; 54 from Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park) were examined for the presence of adult specimens of Stephanurus dentatus (Nematoda: Strongyloidea). This parasite was only detected in the wild boar population of Doñana National Park, with high prevalence (76.5 ± 4.2%; 78/102), mean intensity (43.2 ± 4.4) and mean abundance (33.1 ± 3.8). Juvenile wild boar had significantly lower prevalence and abundance than subadult and adult wild boar. The intensity of infestation was significantly higher in male than in female wild boar. The detection of a focus of S. dentatus infestation in the wild boar population in Doñana National Park will provide further opportunities for understanding the epidemiology of this parasite. This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO; grant number AGL2016-76358-R). Pelayo Acevedo and Samantha Moratal were supported by the MINECO and the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) through a ‘Ramón y Cajal’ contract (RYC-2012-11970) and a predoctoral fellowship (FPU16/02036), respectively. |
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