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A faecal analysis of helminth infections in wild and captive wolves, Canis lupus L., in Poland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2010

E. Szafrańska ,
O. Wasielewski  and
A. Bereszyński
E. Szafrańska
Affiliation:
Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71 C, 60-625Poznań, Poland
O. Wasielewski*
Affiliation:
Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71 C, 60-625Poznań, Poland
A. Bereszyński
Affiliation:
Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71 C, 60-625Poznań, Poland
*
*E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

One hundred and three samples of faeces of reared grey wolves from four locations (Stobnica Park and Zoological Gardens in Bydgoszcz, Wrocław and Cracow) and twenty-six samples of faeces from two free-roaming packs of grey wolf (Canis lupus L.) in Piła (Forest Divisions: Borne Sulinowo, Czarnobór, Jastrowo) and Zielona Góra (Forest Divisions: Torzym, Krosno Odrzańskie) were collected between 2005 and 2007. Helminth eggs were detected in 78.6% of faecal samples of reared grey wolves and in 88.4% of those of free-roaming wolves. The trematode Alaria alata (80.1%) and nematodes Eucoleus aerophilus (23.1%) and Spirocerca lupi (11.5%) were only detected from wild packs of wolves and the nematodes Ancylostoma caninum (35.9%), Trichuris vulpis (15.5%) and Toxocara canis (3.9%) were only detected from reared wolves. Differences were observed in the prevalence and composition of helminth fauna between reared and wild grey wolves and our results are compared with those from studies within Poland and elsewhere in Europe.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 84 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 415 - 419
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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