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Table 2 Presence of Hepatozoon spp. detected in samples from Carnivora

From: Diversity of Hepatozoon species in wild mammals and ticks in Europe

Animal species

Country

Animals (n)

Hepatozoon (n)

Hepatozoon (%)

H. canis MH656729

H. canis MH656730

H. martis MH656728

Golden jackal Canis aureus

Croatia

26

21

80.8

17

4

 

Gray wolf Canis lupus

Croatia

120

65

54.2

43

22

 

Bosnia

1

1

100

 

1

 

Neth

8

8*

100

3

2

 

Red fox Vulpes vulpes

Neth/Bel

174

76

43.7

 

76

 

Raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides

Austria

7

0

0

   

Brown bear Ursus arctos

Croatia

79

0

0

   

Badger Meles meles

Croatia

64

6

9.4

4

1

1

Neth/Bel

99

0

0

   

Stone marten Martes foina

Croatia

66

42

63.6

  

42

Neth/Bel

67

32

47.8

  

32

Pine marten Martes martes

Neth

50

37

74.0

  

37

Europen polecat Martes putorius

Neth/Bel

100

10

10.0

  

10

Raccoon Procyon lotor

Austria

4

0

0

   

Total

865

298

34.5

67

106

122

  1. Species delineation was performed by comparison to sequences from GenBank®
  2. *No sequences could be obtained from three samples. Bel Belgium, Neth the Netherlands