Influence of season and host age on wild boar parasites in Corsica using indicator species analysis

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, IndVal is a particularly effective tool for ecological bioindication. The Ind Val m...

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Published in:Journal of helminthology 2006-03, Vol.80 (1), p.41-45
Main Authors: Foata, J., Mouillot, D., Culioli, J.-L., Marchand, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
animal age
Animal and plant ecology
animal parasitic nematodes
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Ascaris suum
Ascaris suum - isolation & purification
Autoecology
Biological and medical sciences
disease prevalence
Ecosystem
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Monitoring - methods
France
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Host parasite relation
pathogenicity
host-parasite relationships
indicator species
Invertebrates
Lice
lice infestations
Life Sciences
Mammalia
Metastrongyloidea
Metastrongyloidea - isolation & purification
Microbiology and Parasitology
Nemathelminthia. Plathelmintha
Nematoda
Nematoda - isolation & purification
nematode infections
parasites
Parasitology
Phthiraptera
seasonal variation
Seasons
Species Specificity
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa - parasitology
Sus scrofa meridionalis
tick infestations
Ticks
Vertebrata
wild boars
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Summary: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, IndVal is a particularly effective tool for ecological bioindication. The Ind Val method 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 aegyptium and Rhipicephalus sanguineus, the louse, Haematopinus suis and the nematodes Globocephalus urosubulatus and Ascaris suum and two indicator species of an age class (the nematodes G. urosubulatus and Metastrongylus sp.). Data on species composition and infection levels would help improve the monitoring and management of parasitism in Suidae populations.
ISSN:0022-149X
1475-2697
DOI:10.1079/JOH2005329