The stone marten (Martesfoina Erxleben 1777) is a mustelid that occupies woodland and steppe habitats in central and western Eurasia (BuSKIRK, 1994), and is widespread also in Italy (e. g. DE MARINIS and PANDOLFI, 1995; BERTOLINO and DOPE, 1995).From 1997 to 1999, ten road-killed stone martens (seven adult males and three adult females) were found by gamekeepers in the province of Turin (North-Western Italy, from 45 ° 03' to 45 ° 30' N and from 6 ° 55' to 7 ° 55' E). A complete necropsy was performed in order to find lesions or parasites in the fur, paranasal sinuses, ocular conjunctiva, and all internal organs. Except for traumatic ones, no other gross lesions were found. Parasites were found in seven of the ten martens (Table ). The small intestine harboured one cestode
SummaryHelminths are reported from stone martens (Martesfoina Erxleben 1777), road-killed between t997 and 1999 in the province of Turin (North-Western Italy). Out of I0 adult martens, seven were infected by helminths. One cestode (Taenia martis) and three nematode (Molineuspatens, Capillaria sp. and Angiostrongylus sp.) species were identified.