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Determinants of the prevalence of Heligmosomum costellatum (Heligmosomidae: Trichostrongyloidea) in a common vole population in southern Moravia, Czech Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2010

E. Janova ,
M. Skoric ,
M. Heroldova ,
F. Tenora ,
P. Fictum  and
I. Pavlik
E. Janova
Affiliation:
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Kvetna 9, 603 65Brno, Czech Republic
M. Skoric
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathological Morphology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackeho 1/3, 612 42Brno, Czech Republic
M. Heroldova
Affiliation:
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Kvetna 9, 603 65Brno, Czech Republic
F. Tenora
Affiliation:
Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Kvetna 9, 603 65Brno, Czech Republic
P. Fictum
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathological Morphology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackeho 1/3, 612 42Brno, Czech Republic
I. Pavlik*
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Institute, Hudcova 70, 621 00Brno, Czech Republic
*
*Fax: +420 5 4121 1229 E-mail: pavlik@vri.cz
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Abstract

A study of nematode (Heligmosomum costellatum) prevalence in the common vole (Microtus arvalis) population was performed in 2002 and 2003 in an agricultural region of southern Moravia, Czech Republic. The influence of the trapping date, body weight, age, gender and reproduction of the common vole on the prevalence of the larvae of H. costellatum encapsulated in the stomach wall was examined. Of 503 common voles examined, 27.6% were H. costellatum positive. The prevalence of H. costellatum in the common vole population was influenced mainly by the weight, trapping date, year and reproductive state, as well as by the interactions between year and gender and between year and reproductive state. The influence of age was weak. The most infected common vole groups were the older, heavier and already reproducing females captured from April to August and all voles captured in 2002. In general, parasite prevalence seems to be dependent on the population parameters of the host species. However, the H. costellatum prevalence study in a single common vole population was not sufficient to fully describe and explain the nematode–host interactions.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 84 , Issue 4 , December 2010 , pp. 410 - 414
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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