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Junker, Kerstin
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Bain, Odile
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Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
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Africa |
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South Africa |
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KwaZulu-Natal, Province of |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2009-04-19T08:05:42Z |
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dc.date.available |
2009-04-19T08:05:42Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2008-09 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The helminth community infecting Miniopterus natalensis was studied at two localities, the De Hoop Nature Reserve (DHNR) (n = 57), Western Cape Province and Pretoria (n = 12), Gauteng Province, South Africa. Hosts from the DHNR had formed part of an earlier, unrelated study and were all pregnant females. A single hymenolepidid cestode species, the nematodes Molinostrongylus ornatus and Litomosa chiropterorum together with nematodes of the subfamily Capillariinae were present at both study sites, while a single digenean, Allassogonoporus sp., was only found in hosts from the DHNR. The prevalence of helminth infections was high at both localities, 68.4 % in the DHNR and 77.7 % in Pretoria, whereas the mean intensity of infection was low at the DHNR (3.76 ± 3.15), but higher in Pretoria (10.4 ± 9.9). Molinostrongylus ornatus and, to a lesser extent L. chiropterorum, were the main contributors to the higher intensities in Pretoria. The species richness ranged from 0 to 4 at both localities. |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
University of Pretoria |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Junker, K, Bain, O & Boomker, J 2008, ‘Helminth parasites of Natal long-fingered bats, Miniopterus natalensis (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae), in South Africa’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 261–265. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_opvet.html] |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0030-2465 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/9703 |
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en |
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Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria |
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dc.subject |
Cestoda |
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Chiroptera |
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Digenea |
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Nematoda |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Bats -- South Africa |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Helminths |
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dc.title |
Helminth parasites of Natal long-fingered bats, Miniopterus natalensis (Chiroptera : Miniopteridae), in South Africa |
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Article |
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