The prevalence of helminth and arthropod parasites of warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, in South West Africa/Namibia
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Biggs, H.C.
Hanssen, Tammy S.
Hanssen, Rose E.
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Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria
Abstract
A total of 38 warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, shot on a farm in northern South West Africa/Namibia were examined for internal and external parasites at monthly intervals over a period of 13 months. They harboured cestodes, 9 nematode species, 6 ixodid tick species and 1 species each of an argasid tick, a flea, a louse and larvae of a dipteran fly.
Clear patterns of seasonal abundance could be determined only for the spirurid stomach worm, Physocephalus sexalatus, and the sucking louse, Haematopinus phachoeri.
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Veterinary medicine
Sustainable Development Goals
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Horak, IG, Biggs, HC, Hanssen, TS & Hanssen, RE 1983, 'The prevalence of helminth and arthropod parasites of warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, in South West Africa/Namibia', Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 145-148.