Rodentolepis straminea in an urban population of
Apodemus sylvaticus in the UK

Rushworth, RL; Boufana, BS; Hall, JL; Brannan, V; Mastin, A; Birtles, RJ; Craig, PS; Rogan, MT

Abstract

The presence of the cyclophyllidean cestode Rodentolepis straminea (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae), was confirmed by molecular DNA analysis from a wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) population inhabiting urban woodland in Salford, Greater Manchester (UK) with a prevalence of 27.8%. It would appear that the only previous published record of this species in A. sylvaticus in the British Isles is that from southwest Ireland, where 24% of the wood mice examined were infected with R. straminea. This species has been recorded in studies on A. sylvaticus in continental Europe. The current report represents a new record for R. straminea on mainland Britain and a first study of helminth parasites in an urban wood mouse population.

Citation

Apodemus sylvaticus in the UK. Journal of Helminthology, 90(4), 476-482. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X15000632

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 29, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Aug 17, 2015
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 12, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 27, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Helminthology
• Print ISSN: 0022-149X
• Electronic ISSN: 1475-2697
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 90
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 476-482
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X15000632
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X15000632
• Related Public URLs: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JHL