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Helminth fauna in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus, 1758) in the province of Grosseto (central Italy)

F. Macchioni
F. Macchioni
, 
F. Vallone
F. Vallone
, 
C. Lenzi
C. Lenzi
, 
G. Monni
G. Monni
, 
A. Matiacic
A. Matiacic
, 
F. Cecchi
F. Cecchi
 and 
G. Romeo
G. Romeo
   | Sep 22, 2023
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Published Online: Sep 22, 2023
Page range: 134 - 140
Received: Sep 19, 2022
Accepted: Mar 24, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2023-0013
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Taxa (T), number of parasitised roe (NPR), the total number of parasites (TNP), prevalence (P; %) with CI 95% confidence interval, abundance (A), intensity (I) with range (min-max).

T NPR TNP Prevalence % (CI 95% confidence interval) Abundance Intensity (min-max)
Small Intestine (N°=51)
Trichostrongylus colubriformis 21 453 41.2 (27.8 – 55.8) 8.40 21.6 (1 – 57)
Trichostrongylus spp. 6 30 11.8 (4.9 – 24.5) 0.60 5.0 (1 – 10)
Moniezia expansa 4 39 7.8 (2.5 – 19.7) 0.80 9.8 (1 – 22)
Large Intestine (N°=52)
Trichuris spp. 28 144 53.8 (39.6 – 67.5) 2.77 6.9 (1 – 30)
Oesophagostomum venulosum 26 174 50.0 (36.9 – 63.1) 3.35 6.7 (1 – 17)
Chabertia ovina 14 48 26.9 (15.6 – 41.2) 0.92 3.4 (1 – 12)
Abomasum (N°=39)
Ostertagia ostertagi 7 48 17.9 (8.1 – 41.1) 1.23 6.9 (2 – 24)
Liver (N°=33)
Setaria tundra 2 2 6.1 (1.0 – 21.6) 0.06 1(1)
Bronchopulmonary tract (N°=34)
Dyctiocaulus spp. 1 1 2.9 (0.1 – 17.0) 0.03 1(1)

The prevalence (%) reported in this survey for the same helminths, in Italy and Europe: “–“: not recorded; “*”: two species found; “OP”: only presence reported

Trichostrongylus colubriformis Trichuris spp. Chabertia ovina Oesophagostomum venulosum Ostertagia ostertagi Dyctyocaulus spp. Setaria tundra Moniezia expansa
Italy % % % % % % % %
  Poglayen et al., 1990 14.0 24.0 - 9.5 7.0 - - -
  Poglayen et al., 1996 1.5 - 71.0 32.3 4.6 - - -
  Rossi et al., 1997 16.4 43.2 - - 8.3 - - -
  Zaffaroni et al., 2000 1.0 - - - 10 - - -
  Favia et al., 2003 - - - - - - OP -
Austria
  Schwarz et al., 2011 5.0 50.0 45.0 22.5 - - - -
Czech Republic
  Vetyska et al., 1980 - - 42.9 0.9 52.7 - - -
Germany
  Rehbein et al., 2000 1.6 - 45.3 50.0 7.8 14.1 - -
Netherlands
  Borgsteede et al., 1990 - 49.0 2.3 13.0 16.0 6.0 - -
Poland
  Tomczuk et al., 2017 - - - 15.0 - 11.3 5.66 7.4
  Balicka-Ramisz et al., 2003 - - 9.3 10.5 - - - -
Romania
  Hora et al., 2017 - 27.4 12.3 11.0 - 26.0 - 17.8
Spain
  Vazquez et al., 2009 - - - - - 26.0 - -
  Pato et al., 2013 3.0 - 2.3 50.5 - - - -
  Morrondo et al., 2017 - - - - - 2.4 - -
Sweden
  Aguirre et al., 1999 12.0 - 3.0 - 17.0 24.0 - 2.0
Switzerland
  Andrews et al., 1974 6.6 - 73.3 - 46.6 - - 26.6
Turkey
  Bolukbas et al., 2012 6.6 - 26.6 46.6 - - - -
  Umur et al., 2011 16.6 - 33.0 50.0 - - - -
Ukraine
  Kuzmina et al., 2010 - - 28.3 - - 2.3/6.9* - 1.1
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