title: Output of gastrointestinal nematode eggs in the feces of captive gazelles (Gazella dama mhorr, Gazella cuvieri and Gazella dorcas neglecta) in a semiarid region of southeastern Spain.
abstract: Feces from 62 captive African gazelles, including Mhorr gazelles (Gazella dama mhorr), Cuvier's gazelles (Gazella cuvieri), and Dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas neglecta), were examined over the course of a year to quantitate nematode egg excretion patterns. Strongyloides sp. eggs appeared only in G. dama during the rainy season. Trichostrongylidae egg excretion showed a marked seasonal variation, with very low levels during the dry and hot period, a finding that is probably attributable to hypobiosis of the predominant species (Camelostrongylus mentulatus). Eggs of the Nematodirus sp., predominantly Nematodirus spathiger, were excreted throughout the year. No seasonal pattern was observed in Trichuris sp. egg excretion.
authors.affiliation: Estación Experimental de Zonas Aridas (CSIC), General Segura 1, 04001 Almería, Spain.
authors.forename: Juana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruiz de Ybáñez
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abaigar
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goyena
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garijo
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Espeso
authors.forename: Mar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000866:Antelopes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary; D015995:Prevalence; D012621:Seasons; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology