Endoparasite Infections of the European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in Central Italy
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals
2.2. Parasitological Examination
2.3. Gross and Histopathological Analysis
2.4. Data Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Animals
3.2. Parasitological Analysis
3.3. Gross and Histopathological Analysis
4. Discussion
Parasite Species | Site of Infection | Country | Number of Positive/Number of Examined (Prevalence %) [Reference] | |
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NEMATODA | Crenosoma striatum | Trachea, bronchi and alveolar ducts | Czech Republic | 19/71 (26.4) [43] |
Germany | 88/133 (66.4) [44] 55/205 (26.8) [45] | |||
Great Britain | 17/39 (43.6) [36] 30/42 (71.4) [40] 10/74 (13.5) [46] 52/74 (71.0) [22] 37/47 (79.0) [47] | |||
Greece | 9/19 (47.4) [35] | |||
Ireland | 7/7 (100.0) [32] | |||
Italy | 30/39 (76.9) [24] 54/87 (62.1) a [1] 1/1 [25] | |||
Portugal | 5/11 (45.5) [16] | |||
Spain | 73/117 (62.4) [34] | |||
United Kingdom | 21/30 (70.0) [44] | |||
Haemonchus contortus | Stomach | Italy | 1/34 (2.9) [1] | |
Eucoleus aerophilus (syn. Capillaria aerophila) | Trachea, bronchi, bronchioles | Czech Republic | 19/71 (26.4) [43] | |
Germany | 54/133 (40.9) [44] | |||
Great Britain | 23/74 (32.0) [22] | |||
Italy | 1/1 [25] | |||
Poland | 1/15 (6.7) [3] | |||
United Kingdom | 8/30 (26.7) [44] | |||
Capillaria sp. (ova and/or adults in trachea, bronchi or lungs) | Great Britain | 8/8 (100.0) [40] 1/13 (8.0) [36] | ||
Capillaria erinacei (syn. Aonchotheca erinacei) | Stomach and small intestine | Great Britain | 30/39 (79.0) [36] | |
Ireland | 19/22 (86.0) [32] | |||
Italy | 12/39 (30.7) [24] 49/87 (56.3) [1] | |||
Poland | 9/15 (60.0) [3] | |||
Spain | 52/125 (41.6) [34] | |||
Capillaria sp. (adults in small intestine) | Small intestine | Czech Republic | 54/72 (75.0) [43] | |
Germany | 109/133 (81.8) [44] | |||
Great Britain | 13/74 (17.6) [46] 45/74 (61.0) [22] | |||
United Kingdom | 27/30 (90.0) [44] | |||
Capillaria sp. (adults in stomach) | Stomach | Great Britain | 48/74 (66.0) [22] | |
Eucoleus tenuis | Spain | 2/117 (1.7) [34] | ||
Gongylonema sp. | Esophagus | Italy | 17/39 (43.5) [24] | |
Spirura rytipleurites | Stomach | Italy | 12/39 (30.7) [24] 10/34 (29.4) [1] | |
Spain | 27/125 (21.6) [34] | |||
Physaloptera clausa | Stomach | Czech Republic | 2/72 (2.8) [43] | |
Greece | 6/19 (31.6) [35] | |||
Italy | 1/34 (2.9) [1] | |||
Spain | 8/125 (6.4) [34] | |||
Pterygodermatites plagiostoma (syn. Rictularia plagiostoma) | Spain | 1/125 (0.8) [34] | ||
TREMATODA | Trematoda (eggs in feces) | Greece | 2/19 (10.5) [35] | |
Brachylaemus erinacei (syn. Brachylaima erinacei) | Small intestine | Czech Republic | 42/72 (58.3) [43] | |
Germany | 8/168 (4.8) [18] 46/133 (34.4) [44] | |||
Great Britain | 2/74 (2.7) [46] 40/74 (55.0) [22] 1/47 (2.1) [47] | |||
Italy | 16/39 (41.0) [24] 24/87 (27.6) [1] | |||
Poland | 5/15 (33.3) [3] | |||
Spain | 48/125 (38.4) [34] | |||
United Kingdom | 16/30 (53.3) [44] | |||
Brachylecitum aetechini | Liver | Italy | 1/39 (2.5) [24] | |
Brachylecithum mackoi | Liver | Italy | 1/1 [21] | |
Dicrocelium dendriticum | Liver | Italy | 1/39 (2.5) [24] | |
CESTODA | Hymenolepis erinacei (syn. Vampirolepis erinacei, Rodentolepis erinacei) | Small intestine | Czech Republic | 1/72 (1.4) [42] |
Greece | 1/19 (5.3) [35] | |||
Great Britain | 1/74 (1.4) [46] 1/13 (8.0) [36] | |||
Mesocestoides (larvae) | Italy | 3/39 (7.6) [24] 1/34 (2.9) [1] | ||
ACANTHOCEPHALA | Acanthocephala (eggs in feces) | Greece | 3/19 (15.8) [35] | |
Nephridiorhyncus major (syn. Nephridiacanthus major) | Intestine and gut serosa | Czech Republic | 3/71 (4.2) [43] | |
Italy | 27/39 (69.2) [24] 8/34 (23.5) [1] | |||
Spain | 1/125 (0.8) [34] | |||
Oliganthorhynchus erinacei (syn. Echinorhynchus erinacei) | Intestine and gut serosa | Great Britain | 13/74 (18.0) [22] | |
Plagiorhyncus cylindraceus | Intestine and gut serosa | Germany | 21/133 (16.1) [44] | |
Czech Republic | 4/72 (5.6) [43] | |||
United Kingdom | 8/30 (26.7) [44] | |||
Prostorhyncus sp. | Omentum | Great Britain | 2/74 (2.7) [46] | |
Spain | 5/125 (4.0) [34] | |||
PROTOZOA | ||||
Isospora rastegaivae | Intestine | Italy | 1/39 (2.5) [24] | |
Coccidian | Intestine | Greece | 3/19 (15.8) [35] | |
Ooocysts (not differentiating between Isospora or Eimeria) | Intestine | Germany | 35/168 (20.8) [18] | |
Great Britain | 2/47 (4.3) [47] | |||
Giardia sp. | Intestine | The Netherlands | 10/90 (11.0) [48] | |
Cryptosporidium sp. | Intestine | Germany | 56/188 (29.8) [18] | |
Great Britain | 9/111 (8.0) [49] | |||
The Netherlands | 8/90 (9.0) b [48] | |||
Cystoisospora spp. | Intestine | Germany | 27/205 (14.1) [45] |
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Males (n = 22) | Females (n = 18) | Adults (n = 25) | Juveniles (n = 15) | Total (n = 40) | |||||||||||
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n | p % | 95% CI | n | p % | 95% CI | n | p % | 95% CI | n | p % | 95% CI | n | p % | 95% CI | |
Total infected hedgehogs | 13 | 59.1 | 38.55–79.64 | 9 | 50.0 | 26.90–73.10 | 20 | 80.0 B | 64.32–95.68 | 2 | 13.3 A | 0.0–30.5 | 22 | 55.0 | 39.58–70.42 |
Crenosoma striatum | 9 | 40.9 | 20.36–61.45 | 9 | 50.0 | 26.90–73.10 | 17 | 68.0 B | 49.71–79.20 | 1 | 6.7 A | 0.0–19.3 | 18 | 45.0 | 29.58–60.42 |
Capillaria erinacei | 11 | 50.0 | 29.11–70.89 | 6 | 33.3 | 11.56–55.11 | 17 | 68.0 B | 49.71–86.29 | 0 | 0.0 A | - | 17 | 42.5 | 27.2–57.8 |
Brachylaemus erinacei | 7 | 31.8 | 12.35–51.28 | 2 | 11.1 | 0.00–25.63 | 8 | 32.0 | 13.71–50.29 | 1 | 6.7 | 0.0–19.3 | 9 | 22.5 | 9.6–35.4 |
Physaloptera clausa | 1 | 4.5 | 0.00–13.25 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 1 | 4.0 | 0.00–11.68 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 1 | 2.5 | 0.0–7.34 |
Acanthocephalan | 0 | 0.0 | - | 1 | 5.6 | 0.00–16.14 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.00–11.68 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 1 | 2.5 | 0.0–7.34 |
Cystoisospora rastegaievae | 2 | 9.1 | 0.00–21.10 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 2 | 8.0 | 0.00–18.36 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 2 | 5.0 | 0.0–11.7 |
C. Striatum-Positive (n = 18) | C. Striatum-Negative (n = 22) | |
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Overall presence of lung lesions | 15 a | 10 b |
Granulomatous lesions | 1 | 0 |
Fibrinous pneumonia | 4 | 1 |
Interstitial pneumonia | 3 | 3 |
Pulmonary oedema | 1 | 6 |
Bronchial epithelium hyperplasia | 6 A | 0 B |
Peribronchiolitis with lymphocytes and plasma cells | 6 A | 0 B |
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Mariacher, A.; Santini, A.; Del Lesto, I.; Tonon, S.; Cardini, E.; Barone, A.; Eleni, C.; Fichi, G.; Perrucci, S. Endoparasite Infections of the European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in Central Italy. Animals 2021, 11, 3171. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113171
Mariacher A, Santini A, Del Lesto I, Tonon S, Cardini E, Barone A, Eleni C, Fichi G, Perrucci S. Endoparasite Infections of the European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in Central Italy. Animals. 2021; 11(11):3171. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113171
Chicago/Turabian StyleMariacher, Alessia, Andrea Santini, Irene Del Lesto, Sara Tonon, Elena Cardini, Antonino Barone, Claudia Eleni, Gianluca Fichi, and Stefania Perrucci. 2021. "Endoparasite Infections of the European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in Central Italy" Animals 11, no. 11: 3171. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113171