Transmission of Helminths between Species of Ruminants in Austria Appears More Likely to Occur than Generally Assumed.

ABSTRACT: Helminth infections of the gastrointestinal tract and lungs can lead to devastating economical losses to the pastoral based animal production. Farm animals can suffer from malnutrition, tissue damage, and blood loss resulting in impaired production traits and reproduction parameters. In Austria, pastures grazed by sheep, goats, and cattle overlap with the habitats of several species of wild cervids (roe deer, red deer, sika deer, and fallow deer) and bovids (mouflon, chamois, and ibex), and transmission of parasites between different ruminant species seems likely. A complete and updated overview on the occurrence of helminths of domestic and wild ruminants in Austria is presented. Based on these data, intersections of the host spectrum of the determined parasites were depicted. The "liabil

SUBMITTER: Winter J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5890149 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature