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1 August 2008 Coprological Study on Helminth Fauna in Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) From the Białowieża Primeval Forest in Eastern Poland
J. Szczęsna, M. Popiołek, K. Schmidt, R. Kowalczyk
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Abstract

One hundred fecal samples were collected during research on Eurasian lynx ecology and food habits in the Polish part of the Białowieża Primeval Forest (BPF) from 2001 to 2006. Seventy-three percent of samples contained eggs or larvae of helminths. A total of 10 species of helminths was identified, including 3 Cestoda (Diphyllobothrium latum, Spirometra janickii, and unidentified species of Taeniidae), 1 Trematoda (Alaria alata), and 6 Nematoda (Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Ancylostoma tubaeforme, Eucoleus aerophilus, Metastrongylus sp., Nematodirus sp., and Toxocara cati). Alaria alata has not been reported previously in lynx. A statistical comparison of the 2 techniques used to isolate eggs, i.e., flotation and sedimentation, indicates that sedimentation was more effective.

J. Szczęsna, M. Popiołek, K. Schmidt, and R. Kowalczyk "Coprological Study on Helminth Fauna in Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) From the Białowieża Primeval Forest in Eastern Poland," Journal of Parasitology 94(4), 981-984, (1 August 2008). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-1440.1
Published: 1 August 2008
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