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Szczesna, J.; Popiolek, M.; Schmidt, K.; Kowalczyk, R.
Coprological Study on Helminth Fauna in Eurasian Lynx (_Lynx lynx_) From the Bialowieza Primeval Forest in Eastern Poland
2008 Journal of Parasitology (94): 981-984
One hundred fecal samples were collected during research on Eurasian lynx ecology and food habits in the Polish part of the Biaüowiez˜a Primeval Forest (BPF) from 2001 to 2006. Seventy-three percent of samples contained eggs or larvae of helminths. A total of 10 species of helminths was identified, including 3 Cestoda (_Diphyllobothrium latum, Spirometra janickii,_ and unidentified species of _Taeniidae_), 1 Trematoda (Alaria alata), and 6 Nematoda (_Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Ancylostoma tubaeforme, Eucoleus aerophilus, Metastrongylus sp., Nematodirus sp., and Toxocara cati_). Alaria alata has not been reported previously in lynx. A statistical comparison of the 2 techniques used to isolate eggs, i.e., flotation and sedimentation, indicates that edimentation was more effective.
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