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Helminths of wild boar in the isolated population close to the northern border of its habitat area |
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| Authors: | Järvis T Kapel Ch Moks E Talvik H Mägi E |
| Affiliation: | aInstitute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 62, 51014 Tartu, Estonia bFaculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Bülowsvej 17, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark cUniversity of Tartu, Institute of Zoology and Hydrobiology, Vanemuise 46, 51014 Tartu, Estonia |
| Abstract: | One hundred wild boars (Sus scrofa) from a geographically isolated population on the island Saaremaa of western Estonia were examined for visceral helminths. Seven helminth species, Metastrongylus pudendotectus, M. salmi, M. elongatus, Ascaris suum, Trichuris suis, Dicrocoelium dendriticum and Taenia hydatigena larva, were found. The predominant helminths discovered were lung nematodes (prevalence 82%, mean intensity 96.2 per animal). A significant negative correlation was observed between the weight of wild boars and the number of lungworms and helminth species. The number of helminth species found in the wild boar population on the island was lower compared to that of the adjacent mainland. |
| Keywords: | Wild boar Sus scrofa Helminths Metastrongylus Estonia |
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