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Titre :	Parasite status of free-ranging Common Cranes Grus grus in Germany
Auteurs :	Jane Fanke, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Vogelwelt (Die) (131(2) 2010)
Article en page(s) :	175-178
Résumé :	Between 1998 and 2008 necropsy and faecal analyses were performed evaluate the parasite burden of cranes in Germay. A total of 13 different species of protozoa, nematoda, acanthocephala and cestodes was identified. Out of 167 examined cranes 130 (77.8%) individuals had parasite ardeae (n = 101, 60.5%) and eimeria spp (n = 32, 19.2%). Some parasited were newly detected such as strigea spp (n = 8, 4.8%), Hovorkonema variegatum (n = 3, 1.8%), Dispharynx nasuta (n = 1, 0.6%) and Centrorhynchus spp (n = 1, 0.6%). A high parasite burden (78.9%) was determined in 728 faecal samples. There was no evidence for a marked correlation between maximum crane numbers at feeding sites in certain districts and the prevalence or intensity of parasite shedding. The group analysis showed no differences between the comparisong roups form Brandenburg and Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania with regard to the parasite prevalence injuvenile cranes.

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