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Seasonal variation of Mastophorus muris (Nematoda: Spirurida) in the water vole Arvicola amphibius from southern Sweden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2018

B. Neupane Open the ORCID record for B. Neupane [Opens in a new window] ,
A.L. Miller ,
A.L. Evans ,
G.E. Olsson  and
J. Höglund
B. Neupane*
Affiliation:
Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Department of Park Recreation and Wildlife Management, Pokhara, Nepal
A.L. Miller
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Section for Parasitology, Box 7036, Uppsala, 750 07, Sweden
A.L. Evans
Affiliation:
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Norway
G.E. Olsson
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Umeå, 901 83, Sweden
J. Höglund
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Section for Parasitology, Box 7036, Uppsala, 750 07, Sweden
*
Author for correspondence: B. Neupane, E-mail: bijneu@gmail.com, bneupane@iofpc.edu.np
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Abstract

This study focused on the spirurid nematode Mastophorus muris in water voles (Arvicola amphibius) trapped in three regions in southern Sweden during spring and fall 2013. The collection of water voles formed part of a larger project (EMIRO) on the cestode Echinococcus multilocularis in rodents. The voles’ stomach contents were examined for the presence of M. muris. Prevalence, mean abundance and mean intensity of infection were calculated. A generalized linear model model was used to examine the effects of sex, functional group, season and region on the number of M. muris individuals in each vole. Forty-seven of 181 (26%) voles were infected with M. muris, with up to 74 worms each. The overall mean intensity (worms per infected vole) was 15 (95% CI 10–21), and abundance (mean number of worms in all voles) was 4 (95% CI 2–6). Model output indicated a significant effect of season and region with respect to abundance of nematode infection, which was independent of sex and functional group of the investigated host.

Keywords

ArvicolaMastophorus murisnematodeseasonal variationwater vole
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Short Communication
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 94 , 2020 , e6
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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