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Rodentolepis straminea (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) in an urban population of Apodemus sylvaticus in the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2015

R.L. Rushworth ,
B. Boufana ,
J.L. Hall ,
V. Brannan ,
A. Mastin ,
R.J. Birtles ,
P.S. Craig  and
M.T. Rogan
R.L. Rushworth*
Affiliation:
Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
B. Boufana
Affiliation:
Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
J.L. Hall
Affiliation:
Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
V. Brannan
Affiliation:
Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
A. Mastin
Affiliation:
Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
R.J. Birtles
Affiliation:
Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
P.S. Craig
Affiliation:
Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
M.T. Rogan
Affiliation:
Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
*
* E-mail: R.rushworth@edu.salford.ac.uk
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Abstract

The presence of the cyclophyllidean cestode Rodentolepis straminea (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae), was confirmed by molecular DNA analysis from a wood mouse (Apodemussylvaticus) population inhabiting urban woodland in Salford, Greater Manchester (UK) with a prevalence of 27.8%. It would appear that the only previously published record of this species in A. sylvaticus in the British Isles is that from south-west Ireland, where 24% of the wood mice examined were infected with R. straminea. This species has been recorded in studies on A. sylvaticus in continental Europe. The current report represents a new record for R. straminea on mainland Britain and a first study of helminth parasites in an urban wood mouse population.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , July 2016 , pp. 476 - 482
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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