Occurrence of Cephenemyia stimulator larvae in male roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) in the Lublin Upland, Poland, and their impact on particular animal health indicators

Marian Flis; Bogusław Rataj; Eugeniusz R. Grela

doi:10.2478/jvetres-2021-0038

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Occurrence of Cephenemyia stimulator larvae in male roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) in the Lublin Upland, Poland, and their impact on particular animal health indicators

Journal of Veterinary Research

Volume 65 (2021): Issue 3 (September 2021)

By: Marian Flis, Bogusław Rataj and Eugeniusz R. Grela

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|Jul 2021

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*Cephenemyia stimulator* larvae in the nasal passages and throat of a culled male roe deer

*Cephenemyia stimulator* larvae collected for assessment and counting

Table 1

Number of confirmed Cephenemyia stimulator parasites in male roe deer presented age and habitat

	Agro	Grassland	Forest
	n (%)	5 (33.3)	3 (21.4)	1 (7.1)
	mean	1.6	1.7	1
2	min	1.0	1.0	1
	max	2.0	3.0	1
	n (%)	4 (36.3)	6 (50.0)	3 (27.3)
	mean	4.0	3.5	2.3
3	min	2.0	1.0	1.0
	max	7.0	7.0	3.0
	n (%)	1 (10.0)	8 (61.5)	2 (20.0)
	mean	1	5.9	4.5
4	min	1	2.0	4.0
	max	1	12.0	5.0
	n (%)	3 (27.3)	4 (40.0)	3 (30.0)
	mean	7.0	6.3	3.3
5	min	5.0	2.0	2.0
	max	11.0	14.0	5.0
	n (%)	7 (53.8)	8 (72.7)	2 (16.7)
	mean	6.0	4.0	2.5
≥6	min	2.0	1.0	2.0
	max	12.0	7.0	3.0

Table 2

Male roe deer carcass weight presented habitat and presence of Cephenemyia stimulator parasites

2	3	4	5	≥6
	Non-infested	n	10	7	9	8	6	40
		mean	15.85	17.92^a	19.22	20.18^a	21.00^a	18.61^a
	Infested	n	5	4	1	3	7	20
Agro		mean	14.40	15.87^b	17.62	18.16^b	18.35^b	16.88^b
	Mean		15.37^x	17.18	18.87^xy	19.64^x	19.57	18.02^x
	SEM		0.92	0.69	1.24	1.06	1.41	1.12
	Non-infested	n	11	6	5	6	3	31
		mean	14.63	17.75^a	20.40^a	20.16^a	20.00^a	17.75
	Infested	n	3	6	8	4	8	29
Grassland
		mean	15.00	15.91^b	17.12^b	18.25^b	18.50^b	17.18
	Mean		14.71^xy	16.82	18.38^x	19.40^x	18.91	17.48^xy
	SEM		0.73	0.89	0.92	0.86	0.72	0.27
	Non-infested	n	13	8	8	7	10	46
		mean	14.23	16.81^a	18.25^a	18.00	18.95	16.97
	Infested	n	1	3	2	3	2	11
Forest
		mean	13.84	15.66^b	16.75^b	17.16	19.00	16.48
	Mean		14.22^y	16.50	17.9550^y	17.75^y	18.96	16.86^y
	SEM		0.65	0.87	0.53	0.81	1.42	2.10

[i] SEM – standard error of the mean; a, b – mean values of carcass weight of infested and non-infested individuals within an ecosystem marked with different letters differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05; x, y– mean values of carcass weight of individuals from different ecosystems marked with different letters differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05

Table 3

Gross antler weight of male roe deer presented by habitat and presence of Cephenemyia stimulator parasites

2	3	4	5	≥6
	Non-infested	n	10	7	9	8	6	40
		mean	189.20^a	287.42	401.33^a	419.25	419.16	334.62
	Infested	n	5	4	1	3	7	20
Agro		mean	121.20^b	238.75	331.12^b	368.33	388.14	283.31
	Mean		166.53^x	269.73	394.31^x	405.36	402.46	318.10
	SEM		20.54	16.25	31.24	25.44	17.14	18.12
	Non-infested	n	11	6	5	6	3	31
		mean	163.27	294.66^a	404.60^a	421.33^a	480.00^a	308.22
Grassland	Infested	n	3	6	8	4	8	29
		mean	155.00	223.66^b	323.00^b	327.50^b	398.37^b	306.48
	Mean		161.50^x	259.17	354.38^xy	383.80	420.64	307.38
	SEM		18.89	34.12	36.44	34.88	39.78	38.47
	Non-infested	n	13	8	8	7	10	46
		mean	161.69	265.50	327.25^a	379.57^a	409.00	295.46
Forest	Infested	n	1	3	2	3	2	11
		mean	153.24	236.33	246.00^b	319.00^b	390.00	293.80
	Mean		137.16^y	257.55	311.00^y	361.40	405.83	295.16
	SEM		34.80	20.94	22.12	12.44	16.14	22.84

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2021-0038 | Journal eISSN: 2450-8608 (formerly 2300-3235)

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Language: English

Page range: 287 - 292

Submitted on: Jan 21, 2021

Accepted on: Jun 25, 2021

Published on: Jul 22, 2021

Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

roe deer,

parasites,

Capreolus capreolus,

Cephenemyia stimulator

Related subjects:

Life sciences,

Molecular biology,

Microbiology and virology,

Life sciences, other,

Medicine,

Veterinary medicine

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Occurrence of Cephenemyia stimulator larvae in male roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) in the Lublin Upland, Poland, and their impact on particular animal health indicators

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