title: [Parasitic fauna of the muskrat from the Upper Ob' pine forest].
abstract: The gamasid mites Laelaps multispinosus and Hirstionyssus isabellinus, flea Ceratophyllus (Megabotris) rectangulatus, trematodes Plagiorchis proximus, P. eutamiatis, P. obensis, P. multiglandularis, Quinqueserialis quinqueserialis and Opisthorchis felineus, cestodes Aprostotandria macrocephala and Alveococcus multilocularis, larvae, were found in 78 specimens of Ondatra zibethica from water bodies of the Upper Ob pine forest. The mite L. multispinosus is reported as the most abundant ectoparasite of this population of the muskrat. As to helminths most abundant and frequently encountered are Q. Quinqueserialis and A. macrocephala which at high infection intensity can cause decrease in the muskrat abundance.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000469:parasitology; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*; D012800:Siberia; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000469:parasitology; D013987:Ticks / Q000469:parasitology; D014200:Trematoda / Q000469:parasitology
vernacular_title: Parazitofauna ondatry Verkhneobskogo bora.