Helminth parasites in some Spanish bats |
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| Authors: | F Alvarez J Rey P Quinteiro R Iglesias M Santos M L Sanmartin |
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| Affiliation: | Dept. of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. |
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| Abstract: | Nineteen bats of the species Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, R. hipposideros, Myotis myotis, M. nattereri, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Barbastella barbastellus, Eptesicus serotinus and Plecotus auritus captured in N. W. Spain in 1983-85 were found to contain the following helminth parasites: Mesotretes peregrinus (found in 4 host species and making up 31% of all helminths); Plagiorchis vespertilionis (10.5%, in 2 host species); Strongylacantha glycirrhiza, Molinostrongylus alatus, Molineidae gen. sp., Capillariidae gen. sp., Hymenolepis acuta, Cestoda gen. sp. and Trematoda gen. sp. I and II (5.2% in 1 host species). |
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