| dissections of fresh skulls confirm low prevalence of troglotrema acutum (trematoda: troglotrematidae) in german badgers (meles meles). | we examined 131 european badgers meles meles (linnaeus, 1758) from 67 localities in central germany for the presence of the cranial trematode troglotrema acutum, as previous studies based on museum skulls might have underestimated the prevalence of the parasite in this host. we detected the flatworm in only three individuals that originated from the rhoen mountains (thurigina and bavaria). while the cranium of one host individual showed the lesions and the sponge-like widening of certain regions ... | 2015 | 25563614 |