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Ecological Analysis of the Helminth Community of Microtus lusitanicus (Gerbe, 1879) (Rodentia) in Asturias (NW Spain)

Roser Adalid,
Carles Feliu,
Aitor Somoano,
Marcos Miñarro and ,
Jacint Ventura,
Jordi Torres,
Jordi Miquel and
Màrius Vicent Fuentes
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Animals2021, 11(11), 3055;https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113055

26 October 2021

The Lusitanian pine vole, Microtus lusitanicus, an endemic fossorial rodent of the Iberian Peninsula, has a burrowing behaviour and prefers to live underground. It feeds on bark and roots causing severe damage to trees. In Asturias (NW Spain), where...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Helminths of Small Mammals)

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Detection and Molecular Characterization of Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp. Circulating in Wild Small Mammals from Portugal

Laura Lux,
Rainer G. Ulrich,
Sérgio Santos-Silva,
João Queirós and ,
Christian Imholt,
Christian Klotz,
Joana Paupério,
Ricardo Pita,
Hélia Vale-Gonçalves and
João R. Mesquita
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Animals2023, 13(3), 515;https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13030515

1 February 2023

Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. are important diarrhea-causing protozoan parasites worldwide that exhibit broad host ranges. Wild small mammals can harbor host-adapted and potentially zoonotic species of both parasites. The aim of this study wa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Infectious Diseases and Surveillance of Farm and Wild Animals)

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