Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Parasitenfauna des Elches (Alces alces)

Wetzel, R.; Ënigk, K.

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“…The statement of Shochat et al [1997] infers at least a chronological parallelism of Trichuris infection with WSC. In contrast, the European literature is replete with investigations of, and warnings against Trichuris infections in moose [Wetzel and Enigk, 1936;Hediger, 1942Hediger, , 1949Rikovski, 1955;Enigk, 1961;Kreis, 1962;Heptner et al, 1966;Dalchow and Weissenburg, 1968;Lindau, 1968;Smirnova, 1971;Heptner and Nasimowitsch, 1974;Dittrich, 1976;Wolf, 1981;Goeltenboth and Kloes, 1985;Duewel and Schmidt, 1986;von Krogh, 1987;Pfister et al, 1989;Bartmann, 1990;Ritscher, 1990]. Our finding of 48% of documented whipworm infections in moose that died from WSC supports the notion of parallelism and does not contradict the notion of causality.…”

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Importance of the wasting syndrome complex in captive moose (Alces alces)

Clauss

Kienzle

Wiesner³

2002

Zoo Biology

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We conducted a survey on the causes of moose (Alces alces) deaths at 19 European moose facilities. The age at death was recorded for 205 moose, and the cause of death for 131 adult animals. The ''wasting syndrome complex'' (WSC) [Shochat et al., 1997] was the single most important mortality factor in adult animals, being responsible for 47% of all cases. Other important factors were intraspecific aggression (13%) and malignant catarrhal fever (12%). The number of deaths showed a peak at the age of 6-8 years. A similar peak was found in the age distribution of WSC cases only, suggesting an accumulative process that leads to the death of an animal once a threshold is reached. While the dominance of WSC is in accord with the American literature, the high incidence of intraspecific aggression found in this and other European surveys is not reported in North America. While in the North American literature the consumption of grass and grass products is regarded as the main factor triggering WSC, infection with whipworms (Trichuris spp.) and continuous reinfection through pasture grazing is emphasized as the main danger in Europe. Most reports of WSC in the literature concern animals that grazed in pasture-like enclosures. In no case was WSC triggered by controlled feeding of freshly cut grass fed to animals in holding pens. In our survey, in half of all documented WSC cases Trichuris infestation was reported as well. With a high proportion of incomplete necropsies in our data set, we suggest that the contribution of Trichuris to the problems of moose husbandry has been underestimated.

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Importance of the wasting syndrome complex in captive moose (Alces alces)

Clauss

Kienzle

Wiesner³

2002

Zoo Biology

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“…Twenty to 27 days according to Davis and Bowman (1965) (Honess, 1942); O. musimon (mouflon) (Yakimoff, Gousseff and Rastegaieff, 1932a;Rysavy, 1954); O. amnion (argali) (Svanbaev, 19581; Capra hircus (domestic goat) (Yakimoff, 1933a;Ray, 1961;Jha and Subramanian, 1966). In addition, Wetzel and Enigk (1936) reported it from the roe deer Capreolus capreolus, and Rysavy (1954) from this host and Dama dama; whether this species actually occurs in deer is doubtful.…”

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The Coccidian Parasites (Protozoa, Sporozoa) of Ruminants

Davis¹,

Levine²,

Ivens³

1971

The Journal of Parasitology

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“…A review of these studies shows that the majority are fragmentary and usually based on small amounts of coproscopic material (Wetzel & Enigk, 1936; B o h n, 1937), or on material originating from single (1-7) dissections (R u c h 1 j a d e v, 1939; Zabłocki, 1951; B i e 1 a j e v a, 1957; Nazarova, 1965aNazarova, , 1965bMathevossian, 1964;Tschertkova, & Kospuko, 1964). The only more extensive study in foreign literature in this field is that by Koffman (1942) based on material collected during dissection of 13 bison which had died from various causes in Sweden during the period from 1939-1941.…”

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Bisoniana XXII. The state of research on the helminthofauna of the European bison

Dróżdż¹

1967

Acta Theriol.

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[With 1 Table] After reviewing foreign and Polish literature the author finds that the problem of helminthofauna of the European bison in Poland has been sufficiently elaborated. A large amount of data has been accumulated on the epizootiology of helminthiases in European bison in different reserves, the occurrence of intermediate hosts and the ways in which such invasions are spread. In relation to the majority of helminthiases occurring in the European bison in Poland these data may be considered as sufficient, but the research on liver fluke disease should be continued. In conclusion the author emphasises the necessity for undertaking attempts at limiting the progressive invasion of liver fluke in bison reserves in Poland.

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Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Parasitenfauna des Elches (Alces alces)

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Importance of the wasting syndrome complex in captive moose (Alces alces)

Importance of the wasting syndrome complex in captive moose (Alces alces)

The Coccidian Parasites (Protozoa, Sporozoa) of Ruminants

Bisoniana XXII. The state of research on the helminthofauna of the European bison

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