Parasite commonality at Swamp Deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae: Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) and livestock interface
Interactions between wildlife and livestock have increased over time with increased anthropogenic pressure on limited available natural habitats. These interactions have resulted in sharing of pathogens between the species resulting in impacting the wild animals’ fitness and reproduction and furthe...
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| author | Animesh Talukdar Bivash Pandav Parag Nigam |
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| description | Interactions between wildlife and livestock have increased over time with increased anthropogenic pressure on limited available natural habitats. These interactions have resulted in sharing of pathogens between the species resulting in impacting the wild animals’ fitness and reproduction and further influencing their abundance and diversity. The spatial overlap between Swamp Deer and livestock was studied at Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve (JJCR), Uttarakhand and Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary (KWLS), Uttar Pradesh in India, having different levels of interaction with livestock. The prevalence, load and commonality of gastro-intestinal parasites in the species was studied through coprological examination. Parasitic ova of Strongyle sp., Trichostrongylus sp., Fasciola sp., and Moniezia sp. Amphistomes were encountered in swamp deer and livestock from both the sites. The parasitic species richness and prevalence however, varied between JJCR and KWLS. The study recorded significant differences between the parasitic load in Swamp Deer with the eggs per gram of 487.5±46.30 at JJCR and 363.64±49.97 at KWLS at varying levels of livestock interactions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f68d4195fd641d29a4c66145b5b93c62022-12-21T20:15:56ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072020-02-01123153641536910.11609/jott.4812.12.3.15364-153694812Parasite commonality at Swamp Deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae: Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) and livestock interfaceAnimesh Talukdar0Bivash Pandav1Parag Nigam2Wildlife Institute of India, Post Box #18, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.Wildlife Institute of India, Post Box #18, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.Wildlife Institute of India, Post Box #18, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.Interactions between wildlife and livestock have increased over time with increased anthropogenic pressure on limited available natural habitats. These interactions have resulted in sharing of pathogens between the species resulting in impacting the wild animals’ fitness and reproduction and further influencing their abundance and diversity. The spatial overlap between Swamp Deer and livestock was studied at Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve (JJCR), Uttarakhand and Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary (KWLS), Uttar Pradesh in India, having different levels of interaction with livestock. The prevalence, load and commonality of gastro-intestinal parasites in the species was studied through coprological examination. Parasitic ova of Strongyle sp., Trichostrongylus sp., Fasciola sp., and Moniezia sp. Amphistomes were encountered in swamp deer and livestock from both the sites. The parasitic species richness and prevalence however, varied between JJCR and KWLS. The study recorded significant differences between the parasitic load in Swamp Deer with the eggs per gram of 487.5±46.30 at JJCR and 363.64±49.97 at KWLS at varying levels of livestock interactions.https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4812coprologyeggs per gramhelminthjhilmil jheel conservation reservekishanpur wildlife sanctuarywildlife |
| spellingShingle | Animesh Talukdar Bivash Pandav Parag Nigam Parasite commonality at Swamp Deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae: Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) and livestock interface Journal of Threatened Taxa coprology eggs per gram helminth jhilmil jheel conservation reserve kishanpur wildlife sanctuary wildlife |
| title | Parasite commonality at Swamp Deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae: Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) and livestock interface |
| title_full | Parasite commonality at Swamp Deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae: Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) and livestock interface |
| title_fullStr | Parasite commonality at Swamp Deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae: Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) and livestock interface |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parasite commonality at Swamp Deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae: Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) and livestock interface |
| title_short | Parasite commonality at Swamp Deer (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Cervidae: Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii) and livestock interface |
| title_sort | parasite commonality at swamp deer mammalia artiodactyla cervidae rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii and livestock interface |
| topic | coprology eggs per gram helminth jhilmil jheel conservation reserve kishanpur wildlife sanctuary wildlife |
| url | https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4812 |
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