A helminthological study of the digestive tracts of 15 Far Eastern musk deer (Moschus moschiferus turovi) of Primorsky Krai detected single nematodes, which were assigned to the following taxons: Spiculopteragia spiculoptera, Nematodirus filicolis, Pygarginema skrjabini, and Trichuris sp. The species S. spiculoptera was registered for musk deer for the first time. Analyses of the literature da…
A helminthological study of six adult Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus) individuals from Primorsky Krai was performed. The abomasa and small intestine contents were assessed. All animalswere infectedwith nematodes, and the intensity of infection ranged fromtens to hundreds of specimens. Spiculopteragia spiculoptera was the dominant species, and Mazamastrongylus dagestanica and Nematodirus …