Host specificity and species diversity of the Ostertagiinae Lopez-Neyra, 1947 in ruminants: a European perspective

Table 3 Nematode species of the Ostertagiinae subfamily from the examined animals during post mortem examinations

Host species/ Nematode species	Bovidae			Cervidae			Origin
	Bovinae	Caprinae		Capreolinae	Cervinae
	Cattle (Bos taurus)	Domestic sheep (Ovis aries)	Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica)	Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)	Red deer^a (Cervus elaphus)	Fallow deer^a (Dama dama)
Ostertagia leptospicularis		P = 1/32; I = 5		P = 48/80; I = 46 (1–469)			Poland
				P = 4/4; I = 79 (17–203)			Slovakia
	P = 1/1; I = 102						Germany
O. ostertagi	P = 3/10; I = 380 (80–740)						Poland
O. ostertagi	P = 1/1; I = 829						Germany
O. antipini				P = 5/80; I = 11 (3–23)			Poland
O. drozdzi						P = 1/6; I = 147	Poland
Teladorsagia circumcincta		P = 5/32; I = 62 (3–43)					Poland
Teladorsagia circumcincta			P = 14/15; I = 62 (2–191)				Slovakia
Spiculopteragia asymmetrica				P = 1/80; I = 4		P = 5/6; I = 25 (2–104)	Poland
S. boehmi				P = 32/80; I = 40 (1–463)	P = 2/6; I = 13 (2–23)	P = 2/6; I = 19 (5–33)	Poland
S. boehmi				P = 4/4; I = 38 (10–94)			Slovakia
Marshallagia marshalli			P = 2/15; I = 3 (3–4)				Slovakia

^aNot all of the dissected animals were infected. One fallow deer from Poland, as well as two red deer from Slovakia were free of ostertagiine species
Abbreviations: P prevalence of infection given as no. of infected/examined animals, I mean (minimum, maximum) intensity of infection

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