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.
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August 01 2008
Coprological Study on Helminth Fauna in Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) From the Białowieża Primeval Forest in Eastern Poland
J. Szczęsna;
J. Szczęsna
aDepartment of Zoology and Ecology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5b, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
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M. Popiołek;
M. Popiołek
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K. Schmidt;
K. Schmidt
cMammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Waszkiewicza 1c, 17-230, Białowieża, Poland. popiolek@ozi.ar.wroc.pl
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R. Kowalczyk
R. Kowalczyk
cMammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Waszkiewicza 1c, 17-230, Białowieża, Poland. popiolek@ozi.ar.wroc.pl
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J Parasitol (2008) 94 (4): 981–984.
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J. Szczęsna, M. Popiołek, K. Schmidt, R. Kowalczyk; Coprological Study on Helminth Fauna in Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) From the Białowieża Primeval Forest in Eastern Poland. J Parasitol 1 August 2008; 94 (4): 981–984. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-1440.1
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