Prevalence of Trichinella sp. in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from northeastern Greenland
| Autor: | E. W. Born, Sv. Aa. Henriksen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Muscle tissue 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ursus maritimus Zoology Trichinella Parasitism Oceanography 01 natural sciences Trichinella sp biology.animal parasitic diseases Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) medicine Environmental Chemistry Parasite hosting 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Larva biology Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology fungi biology.organism_classification Geographic distribution medicine.anatomical_structure |
| Zdroj: | Polar Research; Vol 8, No 2 (1990); 313-315 |
| ISSN: | 1751-8369 |
| DOI: | 10.3402/polar.v8i2.6824 |
| Popis: | The occurrence of infections with Trichinella sp. in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from northeastern Greenland has been studied by examination of muscle samples, mainly diaphragm, from 38 animals shot during the period 1983-1987. Trichinella larvae were demonstrated in 12 bears (32%) with an average of 9.2 larvae/g muscle tissue. No bears younger than three years old were infected. The prevalence of Trichinella among bears of the age group 3-4 years was 25% and 53% among older animals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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