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Coprological tests underestimate Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus burden in wild boar

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The present study evaluated the limitations of the coprological sedimentation test to assess Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus infestation in 59 wild boars (Sus scrofa) from central Spain. The coprological sedimentation test appeared to be a poor predictor of both prevalence of infestation and the real parasite burden due to the high number of false negative results (prevalence was reduced from 61 to 16 %). Because of the potential increased risk of this zoonosis, it is suggested that alternative techniques be used in wildlife surveillance programmes.

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  1. Servei d’Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS), Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), E-08193, Bellaterra, Spain

    Diana Gassó, Emmanuel Serrano, Raquel Castillo-Contreras, Xavier Fernández Aguilar, Andreu Colom Cadena, Roser Velarde, Gregorio Mentaberre, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera & Santiago Lavín

  2. Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Departamento de Biología, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Emmanuel Serrano & David Risco

  3. Innovación en Gestión y Conservación de Ungulados S.L., Cáceres, Spain

    David Risco, Pilar Gonçalves & Pedro Fernandez-Llário

  4. UAB, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain

    Joaquim Segalés

  5. Departament de Sanitat i d’Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

    Joaquim Segalés & David Ferrer

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Gassó, D., Serrano, E., Castillo-Contreras, R. et al. Coprological tests underestimate Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus burden in wild boar. Parasitol Res 115, 2103–2105 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-016-4976-7

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