The prevalence of helminth and arthropod parasites of warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, in South West Africa/Namibia.
A total of 38 warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, shot on a farm in northern South West Africa/Namibia were examined for internal and external parasites at monthly intervals over a period of 13 months. They harboured cestodes, 9 nematode species, 6 ixodid tick species and 1 species each of an argasid tick, a flea, a louse and larvae of a dipteran fly. Clear patterns of seasonal abundance could be determined only for the spirurid stomach worm, Physocephalus sexalatus, and the sucking louse, Haematopinus phachoeri.
D000828:Animal Population Groups / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D001181:Arthropods / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006376:Helminths / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009276:Namibia; D012621:Seasons; D013552:Swine / Q000469:parasitology*