First report of Troglotrema acutum (Digenea, Troglotrematidae) in the Eurasian badger Meles meles in the Iberian Peninsula and presumptive lesions caused in the host

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Ribas, Alexis - Molina-Vacas, G. - Boadella, M. - Rodríguez-Teijeiro, J. D. - Fernández-Cardo, R. - Arrizabalaga, A.
First report of Troglotrema acutum (Digenea, Troglotrematidae) in the Eurasian badger Meles meles in the Iberian Peninsula and presumptive lesions caused in the host.
Journal of Helminthology. Roč. 86, č. 2 (2012), s. 222-227. ISSN 0022-149X. E-ISSN 1475-2697
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60930519
Keywords : Eurasian badger * parasites * Iberian Peninsula
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
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A total of 109 badger Meles meles skulls from Catalonia (north-eastern Iberian Peninsula) were studied for helminths. The tremadode Troglotrema acutum is reported here for the first time in the Eurasian badger in the Iberian Peninsula and southern Europe. Three methodologies were used to detect this trematode: an examination for surface lesions, axial computed tomography and fresh skull dissection. The damage caused in the affected skulls is described, along with details regarding the use of computed tomography to detect hyperostosis, leakage in the sinus structure and bone surface erosion in the affected skulls.
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