Parasites of South African wildlife. XVI. Helminths of some antelope species from the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces
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Watermeyer, Ryno
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Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute .
Abstract
The numbers and species of helminths recovered from one black wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou, three eland, Taurotragus oryx, 18 mountain reedbuck, Redunca fulvorufula, one red hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus and two springbok, Antidorcas marsupialis, in the Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape Province; two black wildebeest, two grey rhebuck, Pelea capreolus, two mountain reedbuck and four springbok in the Karoo National Park, Western Cape Province; two bontebok, Damaliscus pygargus dorcas, two eland, two gemsbok, Oryx gazella and two springbok in the West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province; and a single springbok on a farm near Bredasdorp, Western Cape Province, are recorded. Nematodes belonging to a total of 12 genera and 20 species were identified. A single cestode was also recovered. Sixteen new host associations are recorded for the nematodes and one for the cestode Moniezia benedeni. Nematodirus spathiger had the widest host spectrum and with the exception of black wildebeest, was collected from all the host species examined.
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Veterinary medicine, Antelope, Helminths, Nature reserves, Wildlife
Sustainable Development Goals
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Boomker, J, Horak, IG, Watermeyer, R & Booyse, DG 2000, 'Parasites of South African wildlife. XVI. Helminths of some antelope species from the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 31-41.