Intestinal parasitic infrapopulations within the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus (L., 1758), and their influence in some somatic parameters

Authors

  • Antonio Reguera Feo Universidad de León
  • Rafael de Garnica Cortezo Universidad de León
  • Luciano Castañón Ordóñez Universidad de León

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/analesdeveterinaria.v38.7868

Keywords:

somatic parameters, parasitic infrapopulations, Apodemus sylvaticus

Abstract

Forty-nine intestinal infracommunities of woodmouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) were studied. They were related to the habitat and rodent somatic parameters:weigth, length and the index length/weigth. The data obtained show that the nine infrapopulations found have different effects on the host. Hymenolepis diminuta restricts its length and some digenea and particularly a nematode, Trichuris muris, origin important pathogenic effects that decrease the weigth and increase the index length/weigth considerably.

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Published

1994-01-02

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Research papers