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Table 1 Number of nematodes of the Ostertagiinae subfamily from the post-mortem examinations of ruminant species

From: Host specificity and species diversity of the Ostertagiinae Lopez-Neyra, 1947 in ruminants: a European perspective

Family

Subfamily

Species

Origin

No. of animals examined

No. of nematodes recovered

Bovidae

Bovinae

Cattle (Bos taurus)

Poland, Germanya

11

 

59

955

Caprinae

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries)

Poland

32

48

 

57

Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica)

Slovakia

16b

  

882

Cervidae

Capreolinae

Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Poland, Slovakia

84

 

98

4065

Cervinae

Fallow deer (Dama dama)

Poland

6

14

 

142

Red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Poland, Slovakia

8

  

25

Total

  

157

6126

  1. aOnly abomasum
  2. bThe digestive tract of one Tatra chamois had no abomasum