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Table 1 Prevalence, mean intensity and range (min-max) of gastrointestinal helminth infections in Pyrenean chamois (17 ♀ and 11 ♂) hunter-harvested in the Freser-Setcases National Game Reserve, Catalonia, Spain

From: Male-biased gastrointestinal parasitism in a nearly monomorphic mountain ungulate

 

Prevalence

Mean intensity

Range

Abomasum

Haemonchus contortus

43.7

81.8

55.1

59.5

0–147

0–242

Trichostrongylus axei

50.0

100

178.2

246.7

0–971

18–998

Teladorsagia circumcincta

62.5

90.9

194.1

414.3

0–695

0–1158

Teladorsagia trifurcata

43.7

90.9

37.2

95.6

0–137

0–378

Ostertagia leptospicularis

18.7

54.5

10.7

285.9

0–17

0–1344

Ostertagia ostertagi

6.2

54.5

8.4

194.5

0–8

0–836

Ostertagia lyrata

0

9.1

0

31.2

0–0

0–31

Marshallagia marshalli

56.2

90.9

115.2

334.1

0–374

0–974

Marshallagia occidentalis

37.5

72.7

19.4

111.7

0–37

0–413

Total

87.5

100

371.9

1408.9

0–1292

37–3678

Small intestine

Trichostrongylus capricola

11.7

18.2

8.6

25.3

0–17

0–28

Trichostrongylus colubriformis

11.7

27.3

32.2

24.8

0–53

0–38

Trichostrongylus vitrinus

35.3

27.3

18.6

15.8

0–40

0–22

Nematodirus oiratianus

58.8

100

280.9

1137.9

0–1254

75–3059

Nematodirus filicolis

41.2

100

102.1

206.1

0–366

5–517

Nematodirus abnormalis

0

18.2

0

86.6

0–0

0–149

Capilaria bovis

29.4

18.2

4.6

6.7

0–7

0–10

Cooperia oncophora

0

9.1

0

47.8

0–0

0–48

Cestodes

11.7

45.4

-

-

-

-

Total

76.5

100

191.7

1381.1

0–1120

80–3382

Large intestine

Oesophagostomum venulosum

64.7

81.8

2.4

4.8

0–6

0–14

Trichuris globulosa

11.7

9.1

1

1

0–1

0–1

Trichuris ovis

5.9

36.4

3

1.5

0–3

0–2

Trichuris discolor

5.9

9.1

2

1

0–2

0–1

Trichuris skrjabini

5.9

0

1

0

0–1

0–0

Skrjabinema ovis

0

9.1

0

4

0–0

0–4

Chabertia ovina

0

9.1

0

1

0–0

0–1

Total

64.7

81.8

3.1

6.2

0–8

0–16

Total

93.7

100

489.8

2795.1

0–2209

120–6500

  1. Only 3 of the 7 cestodes found were classified as Moniezia sp.