Abstract
The prevalence and abundance of protostrongylid larvae (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae) in 173 fecal samples of Iberian red deer ( Cervus elaphus hispanicus Erxleben, 1777) are presented. Large (401(365–425)±24 μm) spiny-tailed larvae, comparable to the descriptions of first stage Elaphostrongylus cervi larvae were found in 66.47±0.7% of the samples (range 6.8–100%, depending on the locality). The overall abundance of larvae in faces was overdispersed with an average of 24.94±96.23 (range 0–1202) larvae per gram, and ranged between sampling sites from 0.11±0.43 to 96±75 larvae per gram. This is the first report of large spiny-tailed protostrongylid larvae in deer from the western Mediterranean.
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