Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 25. (Budapest, 1992)

Parasit, hung., 25: 23-36,1992 © Hungarian Society of Parasitologists On parasitic helminths of mammals living in the environs of Lake Balaton. I/ Éva MURAI

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, Ferenc MÉSZÁROS

1 and Ottó SEY

2 Zoological Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13. Hungary 'Department of Zoology, Pannon University of Agricultural Sciences, H-8361 Keszthely, Deák Ferenc u. 16. Hungary (Received 21 September, 1992) Abstract: A list of helminth parasites recovered from 256 wild mammals, mainly small mammals, in the environs of Lake Balaton (Keszthely Bay, Csókakői stream) is given. Thirty-six individuals of four Insectivora species, 135 individuals of six Muridae and 79 individuals of four Microtidae species, as well as three Carnivora (5 individuals) and one Ungulata species were examined. The helminths presented a total of 41 species (9 Trematoda, 18 Cestoda and 14 Nematoda), the infections rate was 42.5%. Key words: Helminths, Trematoda, Cestoda, Nematoda, faunistics, Mammalia, host-parasite relationships, Hungary, Balaton Protected Area INTRODUCTION Only few papers have been published on the parasitological examination of mammalian species of various regions. Our team published the helminth fauna of insectivorous and rodent communities from the following areas of the Carpathian basin: Hortobágy National Park -HNP - (Mészáros et al. 1981), Kiskunság National Park - KNP - (Murai et al. 1985), Bátorliget Nature Réserve - BNR - (Matskási et al. 1990), the Cergov Mountains in the Eastern Beskidek - Cergov Protected Area (CPA)(Matskási 1984, Mészáros and átollmann 1984, Murai and Mészáros 1984), and a This study was supported by a grant from the National Research Fund (OTKA

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