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Prevalence of helminthes in wild boar from hunting grounds in Eastern Croatia

Examination of 47 wild boars (Sus scrofa) aged 1-6 years from an open and a closed hunting ground in eastern Slavonia, Republic of Croatia, killed off from November 1999 till the end of January 2000, revealed the presence 14 helminth species. The predominant helminth group were nematodes, whereas the species of Globocephalus urosubulatus, Metastrongylus apri, Metastrongylus pudendotectus, Ascarops strongylina and Physocephalus sexalatus were isolated in >25% of animals. The number of parasites per animal ranged from 2 to 7. The results obtained were analyzed by the method of descriptive statistics to determine differences in the intensity of invasion with particular parasites according to age, sex, and hunting ground. Confidence testing of these differences by the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-test yielded no statistical significance. Correlation analysis showed high correlation between animal age and weight (r=0.05), and particular helminth species (r=0.70 to r=0.99). t-test showed higher prevalence of the gastric nematode Ascarops strongylina in the open than in the closed hunting ground.

wild boar; helminths; prevalence; hunting ground; Croatia

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