Semi-aquatic European water frogs (Pelophylax spp.) harbour rich helminth infra-
communities, whose effects on host population size in nature are poorly known. To study top …

Trematodes of the order Diplostomida are well known as serious pathogens of man, and
both farm and wild animals; members of the genus Schistosoma (Schistosomatidae) are …

We investigated factors affecting species composition and patterns of species associations
in parasite communities of water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex), applying the …

Helminth infracommunities were studied at 174 sites of Latvia in seven hosts from six
amphibian taxa of different taxonomical, ontogenic and ecological groups. They were …

Alaria (A.) alata mesocercariae (AM) have increasingly appeared as incidental findings
during the mandatory inspection of wild boars for Trichinella in many European countries …

Purpose The diversity of larval digenetic trematodes can provide information on one or more
intermediate hosts prior to maturation into the definitive host; on host activity and distribution; …

This material is a brief description of the basic methods of collecting green frogs for scientific
and environmental studies by the hand net catching, used by the authors for many years in …

Alaria alata is an emerging parasite that poses a potential risk for those consuming game,
pork, snails and frogs. One paratenic host of A. alata that is known to play an important role …

The study was aimed at assessment of the usefulness of a digestion method, a standard
procedure for routine examination of wild boar meat for Trichinella, in detecting the presence …

Ukraine fly_13@ ukr. net the intensity of infection of this nematode decreased by only
22.0%(P< 0.001). Bodies and fragments of dead helminths were found in faeces 1—4 days …