the european hedgehog (erinaceus europaeus), as a reservoir for helminth parasites in iran

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soraya naem

behzad pourreza

tahmineh gorgani-firouzjaee

abstract

from april 2009 to december 2011, 44 dead hedgehogs (erinaceus europaeus) were collected incidentally from areas of urmia, iran. the overall prevalence of helminth infections was 95.0%. specific parasites and their prevalences were: physalopteraclausa(93.0%), crenosoma striatum (61.0%), capillariaaerophila(9.0%), capillariasspp.(4.0%), brachylaemuserinacei(2.0%) and hymenolepiserinacei(16.0%). there were no significant differences in helminth occurrence between hedgehog sexes, either in single or in mixed infections (p > 0.05). the mixed infection involving crenosoma striatum and p. clausaoccurred significantly more frequently than other mixed infection (p < 0.05).there were significant differences in prevalence among seasons, with the highest prevalence in summer and spring especially among p. clausaand c. striatum (p < 0.05).

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Journal title:
veterinary research forum

Publisher: faculty of veterinary medicine, urmia university

ISSN 2008-8140

volume 6

issue 2 2015

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