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Epidemiological approach to nematode polyparasitism occurring in a sympatric wild ruminant multi-host scenario

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2021

Tessa Carrau ,
Carlos Martínez-Carrasco ,
María Magdalena Garijo ,
Francisco Alonso ,
Luis León Vizcaíno ,
José Herrera-Russert ,
Paolo Tizzani Open the ORCID record for Paolo Tizzani [Opens in a new window]  and
Rocío Ruiz de Ybáñez
Tessa Carrau
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Regional ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’, University of Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
Carlos Martínez-Carrasco
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Regional ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’, University of Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
María Magdalena Garijo
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production and Health, Public Veterinarian Health and Food Science and Technology, Veterinary Faculty, Cardenal Herrera-CEU University, CEU Universities, C/ Tirant lo Blanc, 7, 46115 Alfara del Patriarca, Valencia, Spain
Francisco Alonso
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Regional ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’, University of Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
Luis León Vizcaíno
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Regional ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’, University of Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
José Herrera-Russert
Affiliation:
Institute for Insect Biotechnology, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392, Giessen, Germany
Paolo Tizzani*
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Largo Paolo Braccini 2–10095 Grugliasco (Torino), Italy
Rocío Ruiz de Ybáñez
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Regional ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’, University of Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
*
Author for correspondence: Paolo Tizzani, E-mail: paolo.tizzani@unito.it
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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.

Keywords

Multi-host parasitismnematodepolyparasitismshared parasitessympatrywild ruminants
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Research Paper
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 95 , 2021 , e29
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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These authors contributed equally to this study

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