title: Spargana in a weasel, Mustela sibirica manchurica, and a wild boar, Sus scrofa, from Gangwon-do, Korea.
abstract: To know the status of sparganum (plerocercoid of Spirometra erinacei) infection in the Korean wild life, several species of wild animals were captured in Gangwon-do and examined for their status of infection with spargana. From February to December 2011, a total of 62 wild boars, 5 badgers, 1 weasel, 1 Siberian chipmunk, and 53 wild rodents were captured, and their whole muscles were examined with naked eyes for the presence of spargana worms. From the weasel and 1 wild boar, a total of 5 spargana specimens were extracted. The weasel was for the first time recorded as an intermediate or paratenic/transport host of S. erinacei in Korea, and both the weasel (Mustela sibirica manchurica) and wild boar (Sus scrofa) were added to the list of wild animals carrying spargana.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Ha
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Eun-Yoon
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Hyun-Duk
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045969:Mustelidae; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*
keywords: Spirometra erinacei; sparganum; weasel; wild boar