Helminth infections in faecal samples of wolves Canis lupus L. from the western Beskidy Mountains in southern Poland

• Published in: Journal of Helminthology
• Main Authors: Popiołek, Marcin, Szczęsna, Justyna, Nowak, Sabina, Mysłajek, Robert W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x07821286; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022149X07821286

Abstract Eighty-nine samples of grey wolf ( Canis lupus L.) faeces were collected between 2002 and 2004 from two areas in the western Beskidy Mts (south Poland). Helminth eggs were observed in 56.2% of faeces examined. These included: Alaria alata (2.2%), taeniid eggs (11.2%), Toxocara canis (5.6%), Toxascaris leonina (1.1%), Eucoleus aerophilus (14.6%), Ancylostoma caninum (12.3%), Uncinaria stenocephala (37%) and unidentified roundworm eggs of the family Strongyloididae (1.1%). Eucoleus aerophilus is recorded for the first time from Poland. The results are compared with the helminth fauna of other wolf populations in Europe.