| intestinal protozoa in wild boars (sus scrofa) in western iran. | a total of 12 gastrointestinal tracts of wild boars (sus scrofa) from western iran (luristan) were examined for protozoan infection between september 2000 and november 2001. of 12 boars examined, 67% harbored one or more species of the following protozoa: balantidium coli (25%), tritrichomonas suis (25%), blastocystis sp. (25%), entamoeba polecki (17%), entamoeba suis (8%), iodamoeba butschlii (17%), and chilomastix mesnili (8%). four of these protozoan species also are reported in humans, and p ... | 2004 | 15650104 |
| helminth parasites of the wild boar, sus scrofa, in luristan province, western iran and their public health significance. | seven helminth species were obtained from 12 wild boars (sus scrofa) during a survey from 2000 to 2001 in luristan province, western iran. these species include the cestode larvae cysticercus tenuicollis (25%), c. cellulosae (8.3%), the nematodes metastrongylus apri (41.6%), m. pudendotectus (16.6%), m. salmi (8.3%), trichuris suis (8.3%) and the acanthocephalan macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (41.6%). no trematodes were found. seven wild boars (58.3%) were identified as having at least one hel ... | 2003 | 12895286 |