Rodentolepis straminea (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) in an urban population of Apodemus sylvaticus in the UK.
J Helminthol
; 90(4): 476-82, 2016 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
The presence of the cyclophyllidean cestode Rodentolepis straminea (Cestoda Hymenolepididae), was confirmed by molecular DNA analysis from a wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) population inhabiting urban woodland in Salford, Greater Manchester (UK) with a prevalence of 27.8%. It would appear that the only previously published record of this species in A. sylvaticus in the British Isles is that from south-west Ireland, where 24% of the wood mice examined were infected with R. straminea. This species has been recorded in studies on A. sylvaticus in continental Europe. The current report represents a new record for R. straminea on mainland Britain and a first study of helminth parasites in an urban wood mouse population.
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Doenças dos Roedores
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Cestoides
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Infecções por Cestoides
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Murinae
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En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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