Publication: Epidemiological approach to nematode polyparasitism occurring in a sympatric wild ruminant multi-host scenario
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2021-06-07
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Carrau Garreta, Tessa ; Martínez Carrasco-Pleite, Carlos ; Garijo Toledo, María Magdalena ; Alonso de Vega, Francisco Domingo ; León Vizcaino, Luis ; Herrera-Russert, José ; Tizzani, Paolo ; Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío
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Cambridge University Press
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X21000183
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© The Author, 2021This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by /4.0/
This document is the Accepted version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Helminthology. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X21000183
Abstract
The epidemiology behind multi-host/multi-parasite systems is particularly interesting to investigate for a better understanding of the complex dynamics naturally occurring in wildlife populations. We aimed to approach the naturally occurring polyparasitism of gastrointestinal nematodes in a sympatric wild ruminant scenario present in south-east Spain. To this end, the gastrointestinal tract of 252 wild ruminants of four different species (red deer, Cervus elaphus; mouflon, Ovis aries musimon; Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica and fallow deer, Dama dama) were studied in Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park (Andalusia, Spain). Of the analysed animals, 81.52% were positive for parasite infection and a total of 29 nematode species were identified. Out of these, 25 species were detected in at least two host species and 11 parasitized all ruminant species surveyed. The multi-host interaction between these nematodes and the four host species is discussed under the perspective of host family-based differences.
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