Diversity and Distribution of Helminths in Wild Ruminants of the Russian Arctic: Reindeer

The Russian Arctic supports wild sympatric ruminants and their data-deficient helminths. In this study, we: (1) collected fecal samples of wild and semiwild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), and snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) across Palearctic North territories: Arkhangelsk Obla...

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Published in:Diversity (Basel) 2023-05, Vol.15 (5)
Main Authors: Loginova, Olga A, Rozenfeld, Sofya B, Sipko, Taras P, Mizin, Ivan A, Panchenko, Danila V, Laishev, Kasim A, Bondar, Mikhail G, Kolpashchikov, Leonid A, Gruzdev, Aleksandr R, Kulemeev, Pavel S, Litovka, Dennis I, Semerikova, Mariia N, Mamontov, Viktor N, Mamaev, Evgeniy G, Spiridonov, Sergei E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caribou
Distribution
DNA sequencing
Environmental aspects
Helminths
Musk ox
Nucleotide sequencing
Physiological aspects
Reindeer
Surveys
Wildlife conservation
Worms, Intestinal and parasitic
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Summary:The Russian Arctic supports wild sympatric ruminants and their data-deficient helminths. In this study, we: (1) collected fecal samples of wild and semiwild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), and snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) across Palearctic North territories: Arkhangelsk Oblast (including Novaya Zemlya archipelago), Karelia and Sakha Republics, Kola, Yamal, Taimyr, and Chukotka Peninsulas, Bering, Svalbard, and Wrangel Islands; (2) conducted a coprological survey (noninvasive life-time method preferable for protected animals) to obtain eggs and larvae of helminths inhabiting digestive, respiratory, nervous, and muscular systems; (3) identified helminths according to their morphology and DNA sequences; (4) estimated parasite load per host; (5) analyzed our findings. Varestrongylus eleguneniensis (in reindeer) was reported for the Palearctic for the first time, while Orthostrongylus sp. was reported both for R. tarandus and for the Palearctic for the first time. Capillarid-type eggs were reported for snow sheep for the first time. The question of the role of wild Arctic ruminants as vectors for rotifers was raised.
ISSN:1424-2818
1424-2818
DOI:10.3390/d15050672