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Predicting the risk of Alaria alata infestation in wild boar on the basis of environmental factors

Alaria alata is an emerging parasite that poses a potential risk for those consuming game, pork, snails and frogs. One paratenic host of A. alata that is known to play an important role in its spread through its feeding habitats is the wild boar. However, no statistical analysis of the influence of...

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Autores principales: Klich, Daniel, Nowicki, Marek, Didkowska, Anna, Bełkot, Zbigniew, Popczyk, Bartłomiej, Wiśniewski, Jan, Anusz, Krzysztof
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Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8924314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35309038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.03.004
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author Klich, Daniel
Nowicki, Marek
Didkowska, Anna
Bełkot, Zbigniew
Popczyk, Bartłomiej
Wiśniewski, Jan
Anusz, Krzysztof
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Nowicki, Marek
Didkowska, Anna
Bełkot, Zbigniew
Popczyk, Bartłomiej
Wiśniewski, Jan
Anusz, Krzysztof
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description Alaria alata is an emerging parasite that poses a potential risk for those consuming game, pork, snails and frogs. One paratenic host of A. alata that is known to play an important role in its spread through its feeding habitats is the wild boar. However, no statistical analysis of the influence of aquatic environments and carnivores on the occurrence of A. alata in wild boars has yet been performed. The present study combines a small-scale analysis based on hunting districts in the Mazowieckie province with a large-scale analysis based on data for all provinces in Poland. We applied various modeling approaches, including logistic regression and a generalized linear model in order to determine the presence, intensity and prevalence of A. alata. We used the Alaria mesocercariae migration technique (AMT) to estimate the risk of A. alata among wild boar in a given hunting district or province. The small-scale analysis found that mesopredators (red fox (Vulpes vulpes)) and racoon dog (Nyctereutes procyinoides) were likely to influence A. alata infestation of wild boar; however, the effect was weak, probably as a result of the large home range size of these animals. The large-scale analysis found that wetlands influence the prevalence of A. alata in wild boar, with the estimated risk increasing in the north of the country; this finding is consistent with other studies. Our findings indicate that the occurrence of A. alata in wild boar requires analysis on many levels, and environmental factors play a key role in risk assessment.
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spelling pubmed-89243142022-03-17 Predicting the risk of Alaria alata infestation in wild boar on the basis of environmental factors Klich, Daniel Nowicki, Marek Didkowska, Anna Bełkot, Zbigniew Popczyk, Bartłomiej Wiśniewski, Jan Anusz, Krzysztof Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl Article Alaria alata is an emerging parasite that poses a potential risk for those consuming game, pork, snails and frogs. One paratenic host of A. alata that is known to play an important role in its spread through its feeding habitats is the wild boar. However, no statistical analysis of the influence of aquatic environments and carnivores on the occurrence of A. alata in wild boars has yet been performed. The present study combines a small-scale analysis based on hunting districts in the Mazowieckie province with a large-scale analysis based on data for all provinces in Poland. We applied various modeling approaches, including logistic regression and a generalized linear model in order to determine the presence, intensity and prevalence of A. alata. We used the Alaria mesocercariae migration technique (AMT) to estimate the risk of A. alata among wild boar in a given hunting district or province. The small-scale analysis found that mesopredators (red fox (Vulpes vulpes)) and racoon dog (Nyctereutes procyinoides) were likely to influence A. alata infestation of wild boar; however, the effect was weak, probably as a result of the large home range size of these animals. The large-scale analysis found that wetlands influence the prevalence of A. alata in wild boar, with the estimated risk increasing in the north of the country; this finding is consistent with other studies. Our findings indicate that the occurrence of A. alata in wild boar requires analysis on many levels, and environmental factors play a key role in risk assessment. Elsevier 2022-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8924314/ /pubmed/35309038 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.03.004 Text en © 2022 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Australian Society for Parasitology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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