Artiodactyla, Owen, 1848

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3.1.1. Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla

In the 868 examined Artiodactyla samples the most prevalent parasites were coccidia ( Eimeria spp. ) (34.6%) which was mainly found among Moschidae (55.9%) and Bovidae (49.3%) (Supplementary Material Table 1), followed by Strongylida (23.4%) and Trichuris spp. (16.5%). In two samples of juvenile animals (dall sheep and dwarf goat) the potentially zoonotic protozoan Cryptosporidium spp. was identified. Other parasites detected are shown in Table 2.

In the order Perissodactyla (n = 166 samples) only three different parasites were detected ( Table 2), whereby Strongylida (19.3%) was the most frequently found parasite, followed by Ascaridida (12.0%). All roundworm eggs were Parascaris spp. Only Equidae were found to have both of these parasites (Supplementary Material Table 1).