title: Coprological study on helminth fauna in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from the Białowieza Primeval Forest in eastern Poland.
abstract: One hundred fecal samples were collected during research on Eurasian lynx ecology and food habits in the Polish part of the Białowieza Primeval Forest (BPF) from 2001 to 2006. Seventy-three percent of samples contained eggs or larvae of helminths. A total of 10 species of helminths was identified, including 3 Cestoda (Diphyllobothrium latum, Spirometra janickii, and unidentified species of Taeniidae), 1 Trematoda (Alaria alata), and 6 Nematoda (Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Ancylostoma tubaeforme, Eucoleus aerophilus, Metastrongylus sp., Nematodirus sp., and Toxocara cati). Alaria alata has not been reported previously in lynx. A statistical comparison of the 2 techniques used to isolate eggs, i.e., flotation and sedimentation, indicates that sedimentation was more effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Ecology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szczesna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Popiołek
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kowalczyk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006376:Helminths / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D046008:Lynx / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence