Rodents as intermediate hosts of cestode parasites of mammalian carnivores and birds of prey in Poland, with the first data on the life-cycle of Mesocestoides melesi

Rodents as intermediate hosts of cestode parasites of mammalian carnivores and birds of prey in Poland, with the first data on the life-cycle of Mesocestoides melesi

Abstract Background Rodents constitute an important part of the diet of many carnivore species. This predator-prey food chain is exploited by helminth parasites, such as cestodes, whose larval stages develop in rodents and then mature to the adult stage in predators. The main aim of our study was to...

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Main Authors: Anna Bajer, Mohammed Alsarraf, Dorota Dwużnik, Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Marta Kołodziej-Sobocińska, Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk, Łukasz Banasiak, Maciej Grzybek, Katarzyna Tołkacz, Natalia Kartawik, Łukasz Stańczak, Patrycja Opalińska, Małgorzata Krokowska-Paluszak, Grzegorz Górecki, Mustafa Alsarraf, Jerzy M. Behnke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Mesocestoides
Hydatigera
Taenia crassiceps
Rodents
Fox
Badger
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-020-3961-2

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