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VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
Volume 196, Issue 3-4, Pages 544-546Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.02.028
Keywords
Dirofilaria spp.; Beech marten; Martes foina; Tatra National Park
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- Science Grant Agency VEGA [2/0011/12 (0.8)]
- project Application Centre for Protection of Humans, Animals and Plants against Parasites [26220220018]
- Research Development Operational Programme
- ERDF [0.2]
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Herein we present the first finding of Dirofilaria repens, agent of the subcutaneous form of dirofilariosis, in Martes foina. Molecular analyses from the spleen of 3 individuals originated from Tatra National Park, Northern Slovakia, confirmed the presence of D. repens in one of them. Finding of D. repens in beech marten instigates to more intense research on free living carnivores as the potential source of Dirofilaria parasites. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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