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Epidemiology of cerebrospinal Elaphostrongylus cervi infection in red deer in central Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

F. Valcárcel ,
J. Corchero ,
A.S. Olmeda  and
C. García Romero
F. Valcárcel*
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias Dehesón del Encinar, Consejería de Agricultura (JCCM), 45002 Oropesa (Toledo), Spain:
J. Corchero
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias Dehesón del Encinar, Consejería de Agricultura (JCCM), 45002 Oropesa (Toledo), Spain:
A.S. Olmeda
Affiliation:
Departamento de Patología Animal I (Sanidad Animal), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
C. García Romero
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias Dehesón del Encinar, Consejería de Agricultura (JCCM), 45002 Oropesa (Toledo), Spain:
*
*Fax: 925450447 Email: felixvalcarcel@teleline.es
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Abstract

Elaphostrongylus cervi produces a subclinical cerebrospinal disease in many wild and domestic ruminants from Europe, North America and New Zealand and has recently been described in Spain. To determine some aspects of its epidemiology, 121 red deer (Cervus elaphus) from central Spain were sampled during 2000. The prevalence (7%) and mean worm burden (3.8 worms per brain) were similar to the values previously recorded in other European areas. The infection was only detected in young deer during the winter. The estimation of larval production in the faeces was not a reliable method of diagnosing E. cervi infection.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 78 , Issue 3 , September 2004 , pp. 265 - 270
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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