First report on parasites of European beavers in the Slovak Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14110%2F21%3A00120791" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14110/21:00120791 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-020-06943-6" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-020-06943-6</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06943-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00436-020-06943-6</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
First report on parasites of European beavers in the Slovak Republic
Original language description
European beaver (Castor fiber L. 1758) is the biggest rodent living in Europe. It is a semi-aquatic animal known for building dams and burrows. European beaver is a potential host for a wide range of parasites and other infectious diseases. In Slovakia, there is an increasing number of beavers but the data about their parasitic fauna are missing. Our work is the first documentation about the beaver's parasitofauna in Slovakia. In a 1-year study, we collected and examined 19 beaver fecal samples from the vicinity of beaver burrows inhabiting three particular localities at the Danube, Topa, and Laborec rivers in Slovakia. In these fecal samples, 4 different species of intestinal endoparasites were detected as follows: oocysts of Cryptosporidium, cysts of Giardia, eggs of Stichorchis subtriquetrus, and eggs and larvae of Travassosius rufus. Parasites were confirmed only in samples collected at river Topa. Based on our results, we can conclude that European beaver can be an important source of parasitic contamination of surface waters especially in the localities shared by people.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30310 - Parasitology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Parasitology research
ISSN
0932-0113
e-ISSN
1432-1955
Volume of the periodical
120
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
355-358
UT code for WoS article
000583093700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85094886353