Ecological analysis of the helminth community of microtus lusitanicus (Gerbe, 1879)(Rodentia) in Asturias (NW Spain)
Adalid, Roser (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient)
Feliu, Carles (Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio))
Somoano, Aitor (Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA))
Miñarro, Marcos (Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA))
Ventura Queija, Jacinto (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Torres, Jordi (Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio))
Miquel, Jordi (Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio))
Fuentes, Màrius Vicent (Universitat de Valencia. Departament de Farmàcia i Tecnologia Farmacèutica i Parasitologia)

Data:	2021
Resum:	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 M. lusitanicus is considered a pest in several orchards, a faunistic-ecological study was carried out to describe the helminth community of this species and the main factors that could influence its helminth component species. For this purpose, our own collection of 710 voles from several orchards of various locations in Asturias was used. Eight helminth species, four cestodes and four nematodes, were found. Statistical non-parametric tests were used to analyse the effects of extrinsic and intrinsic factors on the diversity of the helminth community and species prevalence and abundance. The results show the influence of climate variables, the year and season of capture, as well as host age, on the diversity of the helminth community and the infection parameters of some helminth species, underlining the importance of their life cycles. In addition to shedding light on the helminth community of this rodent in Asturias, the results obtained could be used to improve the biological methods applied to fight the M. lusitanicus pest.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Felminth community ; Lusitanian pine vole ; Microtus lusitanicus ; Asturias ; Spain
Publicat a:	Animals, Vol. 11, Issue 11 (November 2021) , art. 3055, ISSN 2076-2615

DOI: 10.3390/ani11113055
PMID: 34827787

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