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1 April 2006 HELMINTHOLOGIC SURVEY OF THE WOLF (CANIS LUPUS) IN ESTONIA, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
E. Moks, I. Jõgisalu, U. Saarma, H. Talvik, T. Järvis, H. Valdmann
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Abstract

Carcasses of 26 wolves were collected during the 2000/2001 and 2003/2004 hunting seasons and examined for helminths. Thirteen helminth species were recorded: one trematode (Alaria alata), seven cestodes (Diphyllobothrium latum, Mesocestoides lineatus, Taenia hydatigena, Taenia multiceps, Taenia ovis, Taenia pisiformis, and Echinococcus granulosus), and five nematode species (Uncinaria stenocephala, Toxascaris leonina, Toxocara canis, Trichinella nativa, and Trichinella britovi). The most common species were A. alata and U. stenocephala. Mature Echinococcus granulosus was found and described for the first time in Estonia, and its identity verified using PCR-RFLP analysis. Sequencing a fragment of the mitochondrial DNA NADH dehydrogenase 1 (mtND1) gene showed that the E. granulosus strain from Estonia was identical to strain G10, recently characterized in reindeer and moose in Finland.

Moks, Jõgisalu, Saarma, Talvik, Järvis, and Valdmann: HELMINTHOLOGIC SURVEY OF THE WOLF (CANIS LUPUS) IN ESTONIA, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
E. Moks, I. Jõgisalu, U. Saarma, H. Talvik, T. Järvis, and H. Valdmann "HELMINTHOLOGIC SURVEY OF THE WOLF (CANIS LUPUS) IN ESTONIA, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(2), 359-365, (1 April 2006). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-42.2.359
Received: 22 March 2005; Published: 1 April 2006
KEYWORDS
Canis lupus
Echinococcus granulosus
Estonia helminths
Trichinella
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