Abstract
Six house mice (Mus musculus), seven yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis), 10 striped field mice (A. agrarius), five muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus), one water vole (Arvicola terrestris), 126 bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus), 12 short-tailed voles (Microtus agrestis), and two European beavers (Castor fiber) were examined for helminths. Data are presented about infection of the rodents with trematodes, nematodes, and larvae of cestodes. Twenty three helminth species were found. In Lithuania, Echinococcus multilocularis was found in rodents for the first time. Three helminths were found in new hosts in Lithuania: Plagiorchis elegans – in the bank vole, Mastophorus muris – in the house mouse, and Tetratirotaenia polyacantha – in the muskrat. In the European beaver, only Stichorchis subtriquetrus and Travassosius rufus, helminths specific to this species, were detected. The helminth fauna in the muskrat and the water vole was formed of helminths hosted by a wide range of waterfowl and mammals.
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