Helminths of hedgehogs, Erinaceus europaeus and E.roumanicus from Poznań region, Poland- coprological study
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2010
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Fecal samples from the hedgehogs, Erinaceus europaeus (15 samples) and E. roumanicus (44 samples)
collected in the Poznań region of Poland were examined. Endoparasites were isolated using Sheather’s flotation
technique. The prevalence of parasitic infections in all hedgehogs examined was 74.6% (E. europaeus – 73.3%;
E. roumanicus – 75.0%). Two species of parasites occurred in both species of hosts: Aonchotheca erinacei (60% and
80%) and Eucoleus aerophilus (6.7% and 15.9%). Brachylaima erinacei was found only in E. europaeus (33.3%) while
Physaloptera sp. (13.6%) and Crenosoma striatum (4.6%) only in E. roumanicus. The intensity of infection varied from
1 to 371 eggs/1g of feces in E. europaeus and from 1 to 194 eggs/1g of feces in E. roumanicus. In both sexes the
majority of infections were of low intensity, high intensity infections occurring only sporadically. No zoonotic species
of endoparasites were recorded in these samples.
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Helminths, Hedgehogs, Erinaceus, Coprological examination, Poznań, Poland
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Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 2010, 56(4), str. 329-332.