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Reproductive females and young mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon × Ovis sp.) in poor body condition are the main spreaders of gastrointestinal parasites

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Gilles Bourgoin Open the ORCID record for Gilles Bourgoin [Opens in a new window] ,
Elodie Portanier ,
Marie-Thérèse Poirel ,
Christian Itty ,
Jeanne Duhayer ,
Slimania Benabed ,
Anne Cockenpot ,
Marie-Pierre Callait-Cardinal  and
Mathieu Garel
Gilles Bourgoin*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de parasitologie vétérinaire, Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup – Campus Vétérinaire de Lyon, 1 avenue Bourgelat, BP 83, F-69280 Marcy l'Etoile, France Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, F-69622Villeurbanne, France
Elodie Portanier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de parasitologie vétérinaire, Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup – Campus Vétérinaire de Lyon, 1 avenue Bourgelat, BP 83, F-69280 Marcy l'Etoile, France Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, F-69622Villeurbanne, France
Marie-Thérèse Poirel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de parasitologie vétérinaire, Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup – Campus Vétérinaire de Lyon, 1 avenue Bourgelat, BP 83, F-69280 Marcy l'Etoile, France Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, F-69622Villeurbanne, France
Christian Itty
Affiliation:
Office Français de la Biodiversité, Unité Ongulés Sauvages, 5 allée de Bethléem, Z.I. Mayencin, F-38610Gières, France
Jeanne Duhayer
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, F-69622Villeurbanne, France
Slimania Benabed
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de parasitologie vétérinaire, Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup – Campus Vétérinaire de Lyon, 1 avenue Bourgelat, BP 83, F-69280 Marcy l'Etoile, France Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, F-69622Villeurbanne, France
Anne Cockenpot
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de parasitologie vétérinaire, Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup – Campus Vétérinaire de Lyon, 1 avenue Bourgelat, BP 83, F-69280 Marcy l'Etoile, France
Marie-Pierre Callait-Cardinal
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de parasitologie vétérinaire, Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup – Campus Vétérinaire de Lyon, 1 avenue Bourgelat, BP 83, F-69280 Marcy l'Etoile, France Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, F-69622Villeurbanne, France
Mathieu Garel
Affiliation:
Office Français de la Biodiversité, Unité Ongulés Sauvages, 5 allée de Bethléem, Z.I. Mayencin, F-38610Gières, France
*
Author for correspondence: Gilles Bourgoin, E-mail: gilles.bourgoin@vetagro-sup.fr
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Abstract

Several individual, environmental and parasitic factors can influence the impacts of parasites on host's fitness and on host's ability to transmit these parasites to new hosts. Identifying these factors and the individuals who play a greater role in parasite transmission is of main concern for the development of parasite control strategies. In the present study, we aimed to describe the diversity of gastrointestinal parasites and to identify the individual factors influencing the faecal spreading of parasites in a free-ranging population of Mediterranean mouflon. From the analysis of 433 faecal samples, we found Eimeria spp. and gastrointestinal strongyles (GIS) were the most common parasites (>94%). The faecal oocyst counts of Eimeria spp. were the highest during the first years of life. It was 1.6 times higher in females than in males and 2.5 times higher in individuals in poor than in good body condition. Similarly, the faecal egg count of GIS was higher in females and decreased with age, but only in males. Finally, reproductive females had GIS faecal egg count values 2.6 times higher than non-reproductive females. Management strategies of parasites should thus primarily focus on reproductive females and young individuals in poor body condition as they represent the main contamination source of the environment.

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Eimeria spp.nematodestrongyleungulatewild population
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Parasitology , Volume 148 , Issue 7 , June 2021 , pp. 809 - 818
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