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T1 Assesment of Hypoderma infestation in a wild population of Cervus elaphus from mountains Atlantic ecosystems in southwestern Europe (Spain)
A1 Río González, Sara del
A1 Panadero, Rosario
A1 Río González, María Luisa del
A1 Díez Baños, María Natividad
A1 Hidalgo Argüello, María del Rosario
A1 Martínez, Angelica
A2 Sanidad Animal
K1 Sanidad animal
K1 Hypoderma actaeon
K1 Cervus elaphus
K1 Epidemiology
K1 Serology
K1 Spain
AB [EN] Hypodermosis in Cervus elaphus was studied in the Riaño Regional Hunting Reserve, Province of León, north-western Spain. One hundred and ten red deer were examined for the presence of warble fly larvae. They were analyzed by PCR analysis of the COI region of mt-DNA and identified as Hypoderma actaeon. The prevalence of larvae was 42.7% with a mean intensity of 12.5 ± 18 (range 1–80) warbles/deer infested. The distribution of larvae in the infested animals showed an aggregated/overdispersed pattern (aggregation index = 25.84), where the larvae are not randomly or uniformly distributed, but strongly aggregated among their hosts. Larvae were found in all three states. First and second-instars were observed mainly in the autumn until the end of winter (November-March) and third-instars in late winter until mid-spring (March–May). The adult animals and the males had a higher prevalence than the young and the females, finding statistically significant differences only according to the sex of the animals. Seasonal variations were observed in the prevalence with the highest number of infested animals in winter and autumn, but not in terms of the mean intensity of parasites. Additionally, we assessed the presence of anti-Hypoderma antibodies in serum by means of indirect ELISA tests, using a crude larval extract (CLE) and a purified fraction the hypodermin C (HyC) obtained from first instars of Spanish isolates of Hypoderma lineatum (cattle). These findings confirm that H. actaeon is widely distributed in northern Spain, and provide new information about its chronobiology in mountainous Atlantic ecosystems from southwestern Europe.
PB Springer
SN 0165-7380
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17375
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17375
NO González, S., Panadero, R., Del Rio, M. L., Díez, M. N., del Rosario Hidalgo, M., & Martínez, A. (2023). Assesment of Hypoderma infestation in a wild population of Cervus elaphus from mountains Atlantic ecosystems in southwestern Europe (Spain). Veterinary Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-023-10240-9
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 22-may-2024