1. Influence of season and host age on wild boar parasites in Corsica using indicator species analysis
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Julia-Laurence Culioli, Joséphine Foata, Bernard Marchand, David Mouillot, Parasites et Ecosystèmes Méditerranéens (PEM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pascal Paoli (UPP), Sciences pour l'environnement (SPE), Ecosystèmes lagunaires : organisation biologique et fonctionnement (ECOLAG), and Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Aging ,Veterinary medicine ,Nematoda ,Rhipicephalus sanguineus ,Sus scrofa ,MESH: Metastrongyloidea ,030231 tropical medicine ,Parasitism ,MESH: Nematoda ,030308 mycology & parasitology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ticks ,0302 clinical medicine ,Species Specificity ,Wild boar ,Abundance (ecology) ,biology.animal ,Phthiraptera ,MESH: Ascaris suum ,Animals ,MESH: Species Specificity ,MESH: Aging ,MESH: Animals ,MESH: Ecosystem ,[SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology ,Metastrongylus ,Ascaris suum ,Ecosystem ,MESH: Ticks ,0303 health sciences ,biology ,Haematopinus suis ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,MESH: Sus scrofa ,MESH: France ,Metastrongyloidea ,Indicator species ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Parasitology ,France ,Seasons ,Indicator value ,MESH: Seasons ,MESH: Environmental Monitoring ,MESH: Lice ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
The indicator value (Ind Val) method which combines measures of fidelity and specificity has been used in a study on wild boar parasites in Corsica during 2001–2003. Because of its resilience to changes in abundance,IndValis a particularly effective tool for ecological bioindication. TheInd Valmethod showed how season can influence the occurrence of parasite species in the wild boar, and also identified parasites as bioindicators relative to host age. The randomization test identified five parasite species having a significant indicator value for the season (the ticks,Hyalomma aegyptiumandRhipicephalus sanguineus, the louse,Haematopinus suisand the nematodesGlobocephalus urosubulatusandAscaris suumand two indicator species of an age class (the nematodesG. urosubulatusandMetastrongylussp.). Data on species composition and infection levels would help improve the monitoring and management of parasitism in Suidae populations.
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- 2006
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