| helminths of wild boar in the isolated population close to the northern border of its habitat area. | one hundred wild boars (sus scrofa) from a geographically isolated population on the island saaremaa of western estonia were examined for visceral helminths. seven helminth species, metastrongylus pudendotectus, m. salmi, m. elongatus, ascaris suum, trichuris suis, dicrocoelium dendriticum and taenia hydatigena larva, were found. the predominant helminths discovered were lung nematodes (prevalence 82%, mean intensity 96.2 per animal). a significant negative correlation was observed between the w ... | 2007 | 17964726 |