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Table 5 Qualitative analysis of the gastrointestinal parasites identified in faecal samples of marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) in Argentina

From: A participatory surveillance of marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) morbidity and mortality in Argentina: first results

Parasite

Sugar Flotation

Larval culture

Number of samples with eggs or oocysts/Total (%)

Number of samples with third stage larvae/Total (%)

Trichostrongylina eggsa

34/43 (79%)

Trichostrongylus spp.

12/18 (67%)

Haemonchus spp.

9/18 (50%)

Ostertagia spp.

3/18 (17%)

Cooperia spp.

1/18 (6%)

Oesophagostomum spp.

1/18 (6%)

Strongyloides spp.

13/43 (30%)

5/18 (28%)

Capillaria spp.

1/43 (2%)

Paramphistomum sp.

7/43 (16%)

Eimeriidae

22/43 (51%)

  1. aEllipsoidal shape, double membrane, smooth surface, medium size (85 μm), with blastomeres according to the different stages