Helminth parasites of Natal long-fingered bats, Miniopterus natalensis (Chiroptera : Miniopteridae), in South Africa : research communication
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
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| Title | Helminth parasites of Natal long-fingered bats, Miniopterus natalensis (Chiroptera : Miniopteridae), in South Africa : research communication | |
| Creator | Junker, K. Bain, O. Boomker, J. | |
| Description | The helminth community infecting Miniopterus natalensis was studied at two localities, the De Hoop Nature Reserve (DHNR) (n = 57), Western Cape Province and Pretoria (n = 12), Gauteng Province, South Africa. Hosts from the DHNR had formed part of an earlier, unrelated study and were all pregnant females. A single hymenolepidid cestode species, the nematodes Molinostrongylus ornatus and Litomosa chiropterorum together with nematodes of the subfamily Capillariinae were present at both study sites, while a single digenean, Allassogonoporus sp., was only found in hosts from the DHNR. The prevalence of helminth infections was high at both localities, 68.4 % in the DHNR and 77.7 % in Pretoria, whereas the mean intensity of infection was low at the DHNR (3.76 3.15), but higher in Pretoria (10.4 9.9). Molinostrongylus ornatus and, to a lesser extent L. chiropterorum, were the main contributors to the higher intensities in Pretoria. The species richness ranged from 0 to 4 at both localities. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2008-09-10 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ojvr.v75i3.102 | |
| Source | Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 75, No 3 (2008); 261-265 2219-0635 0030-2465 | |
| Language | eng | |
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