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Records of anoplocephaline cestodes from wild rabbits and hares collected throughout Great Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

A. R. Mead-Briggs  and
R. J. C. Page
A. R. Mead-Briggs
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Pest Infestation Control Laboratory, Tangley Place, Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey, England
R. J. C. Page
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Pest Infestation Control Laboratory, Tangley Place, Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey, England
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Abstract

Four species of anoplocephaline cestodes were found in wild rabbits collected throughout Britain in 1962 and 1972, i.e. since the great reduction in rabbit numbers following the introduction of myxomatosis in 1953. They were Cittotaenia pectinata (Goeze, 1782), C. denticulata (Rudolphi, 1804), C. ctenoides (Riehm, 1881) and Andrya cuniculi (Blanchard, 1891). C. pectinata and C. denticulata were relatively common with a respective prevalence of 25% and 8% in two samples totalling 442 rabbits and were widely distributed throughout Britain. C. ctenoides was rare and only recorded from seven localities, although these were spread throughout Britain. A. cuniculi was also rare being known from four counties in England and five islands off southern England and Wales. C. pectinata was the only species found in hares and its prevalence was low at 6%. The records are shown plotted on to 10 km square distribution maps.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , March 1975 , pp. 49 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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