Table 1.
Parasites that have been successfully transmitted between ruminants in comparison with the calculated biodiversity index (BI), variance of the biodiversity index (VBI), and host specificity type (type—G, generalist; S, specialist; NA, not applicable).
| Helminth species | Cattle | Sheep | Mouflon | Ibex | Goat | Chamois | Roe deer | Red deer | Fallow deer | Sika deer | BI | VBI | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cestoda | |||||||||||||
| Anoplocephalidae | |||||||||||||
| Moniezia benedeni | 9 | 9 | 3.40 | 0.84 | G | ||||||||
| Nematoda | |||||||||||||
| Strongyloididae | |||||||||||||
| Strongyloides papillosus | 3, 8 | 3, 8, 13 | 13 | 13 | 2.71 | 0.97 | G | ||||||
| Protostrongylidae | |||||||||||||
| Muellerius capillaris | 4 | 4 | 1.80 | 0.16 | S | ||||||||
| Dictyocaulidae | |||||||||||||
| Dictyocaulus eckerti | 2 | 2 | 2.33 | 0.56 | G | ||||||||
| Dictyocaulus viviparus | 2, 5, 7 | 7 | 5, 7 | 2, 5 | 3.00 | 1.00 | G | ||||||
| Chabertiidae | |||||||||||||
| Oesophagostomum venulosum | 3, 7, 12 | 1, 3 | 1, 7, 12 | 3.18 | 0.99 | G | |||||||
| Trichostrongylidae | |||||||||||||
| Cooperia curticei | 3, 6, 8, 12 | 3, 6, 8, 11 | 11, 12 | 0.00 | NA | NA | |||||||
| Cooperia oncophora | 3, 6, 9, 12 | 3, 6, 9 | 1 | 12 | 3.67 | 0.22 | G | ||||||
| Cooperia pectinata | 8 | 8 | 3.00 | 1.00 | G | ||||||||
| Cooperia punctata | 3, 8, 12 | 3, 8 | 12 | 4.00 | 0.00 | NA | |||||||
| Haemonchus contortus | 3, 8, 10, 12 | 1, 3, 8, 10, 11, 13 | 7, 13 | 11, 13 | 1, 7, 13 | 7, 11, 12 | 7 | 3.18 | 0.99 | G | |||
| Ostertagia leptospicularis | 1, 7 | 1, 13 | 1, 13 | 1, 7, 13 | 7 | 3.25 | 0.91 | G | |||||
| Ostertagia boehmi | 7 | 1 | 13 | 1, 7, 13 | 7 | 3.25 | 0.91 | G | |||||
| Ostertagia circumcincta | 3 | 3, 11, 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3.00 | 1.00 | G | |||||
| Ostertagia ostertagi | 3, 12 | 3 | 12 | 3.00 | 1.00 | G | |||||||
| Trichostrongylus axei | 8, 10, 12, 13 | 8, 10, 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 3.18 | 0.99 | G | ||||
| Trichostrongylus colubriformis | 1, 12 | 1, 13 | 13 | 1, 13 | 1, 13 | 12 | 3.14 | 0.95 | G | ||||
| Trichostrongylus vitrinus | 3 | 1, 3 | 1, 13 | 13 | 2.53 | 1.18 | G | ||||||
| Molineidae | |||||||||||||
| Nematodirus helvetianus | 8, 10 | 8, 10 | 2.00 | 0.00 | NA | ||||||||
| Nematodirus roscidus | 7 | 7 | 2.00 | 0.00 | NA | ||||||||
| Nematodirus rupicaprae | 3.00 | 1.00 | G | ||||||||||
| Trichuridae | |||||||||||||
| Trichuris capreoli | 7 | 7 | 3.47 | 0.52 | G | ||||||||
| Trichuris ovis | 8, 9 | 8, 9 | 3.07 | 1.14 | G | ||||||||
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Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
Citation Barth and Dollinger (22) Bienioschek et al. (24) Borgsteede (26) Ten Doesschate et al. (28) Foreyt et al. (30) Johnson et al. (32) Koutz and Rebrassier (34) |
Number 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
Citation Kutzer (23) Porter (25) Smith and Archibald (27) Stoll (29) Tapia-Escárate et al. (31) Wetzel and Fortmeyer (33) |
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