Farkas, Csaba, Juhász, Alexandra, Fekete, Balázs and Egri, Borisz (2024) 'Comparative Analysis of Ascaris suum and Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus Infections in Free-Ranging and Captive Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) in Hungary'. Animals, Vol 14, Issue 6, p. 932.
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Abstract
Ascaris suum and Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus cause a large loss of yield in farm animals as well as in free-living and captive wild boar herds, thereby causing economic damage. This study compared A. suum and M. hirudinaceus infections in free-ranging and captive wild boars (Sus scrofa) in Hungary. The authors measured the A. suum and M. hirudinaceus infections of a 248-hectare wild boar garden and an 11,893-hectare free-living wild boar herd in the sample area. In all cases, samples were collected from shot wild boars. In total, 216 wild boars were examined from June 2015 to June 2023 in Hungary. Of the 173 dissected wild boars from the wild, 57 (32.9%) were infected with A. suum, while 30 (69.8%) of the 43 individuals from the captive area were infected. The prevalence of M. hirudinaceus in the free-living area population was 9.25% (16 wild boars), while that of the captive population was 34.89% (15 wild boars). In the case of the examined helminths, the captive herd was 36.9% more infected than the herd living in the open area.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | QX Parasitology > QX 20 Research (General) QX Parasitology > Helminths. Annelida > QX 277 Ascaroidea WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 950 Zoonoses (General) |
Faculty: Department: | Biological Sciences > Department of Tropical Disease Biology |
Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14060932 |
SWORD Depositor: | JISC Pubrouter |
Depositing User: | JISC Pubrouter |
Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2024 11:45 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2024 11:45 |
URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/24277 |
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