Abstract
Eighteen (72%) of 25 wolves from the La Verendrye Provincial Game Reserve in southwestern Québec harboured helminth parasites. The four species recovered were Alaria marcianae (LaRue, 1917) (= A. americana Hall and Wigdor, 1918) (Digenea: Diplostomatidae); Echinococcus granulosus Batsch, 1786 and Taenia hydatigena Pallas, 1766 (Cestoda: Taeniidae); and Dioctophyma renale Goeze, 1782 (Nematoda: Dioctophymatoidea). Prevalence was 16, 60, 4, and 16%, respectively. Unidentified Taenia species were found in four (16%) of the wolves. Examination of wolf faeces for taeniid eggs yielded an overall prevalence of 16%. Results are discussed in relation to the food habits of these wolves.
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