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Phylogenetic and ecological factors affecting the sharing of helminths between native and introduced rodents in Central Chile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2018

Carlos Landaeta-Aqueveque ,
María del Rosario Robles ,
AnaLía Henríquez ,
Andrea Yáñez-Meza ,
Juana Paola Correa ,
Daniel González-Acuña  and
Pedro Eduardo Cattan
Carlos Landaeta-Aqueveque*
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción. Vicente Méndez 595, Chillán, Chile
María del Rosario Robles
Affiliation:
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Boulevard 120s/n entre av. 60 y calle 64 (1900), La Plata, Argentina
AnaLía Henríquez
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad San Sebastián. Lientur 1457, Concepción, Chile
Andrea Yáñez-Meza
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. Las Palmeras 3425, Santiago, Chile
Juana Paola Correa
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. Las Palmeras 3425, Santiago, Chile
Daniel González-Acuña
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción. Vicente Méndez 595, Chillán, Chile
Pedro Eduardo Cattan
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile. Santa Rosa 11735, Santiago, Chile
*
Author for correspondence: Carlos Landaeta-Aqueveque, E-mail: clandaeta@udec.cl
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Abstract

In order to analyse the effect of hosts’ relationships and the helminthic load on the switching of parasites between native and introduced hosts, we sampled rodents belonging to two suborders from Central Chile. We compared the number of helminthic species shared between murids (introduced) and cricetid (native, same suborder) rodents to those shared between murids and hystricomorphs (native, different suborder), and we assessed the association between parasitic presence, abundance and geographical dispersion in source hosts to the presence and abundance in recipient hosts. Introduced rodent species shared more helminth species with cricetid rodents than with non-cricetids. Presence and abundance in recipient hosts was not associated with the prevalence and mean abundance in source hosts’ population. The mean abundance of parasites in source hosts throughout the territory and wider dispersion was positively associated with the likelihood of being shared with a recipient host. Closer relationships between native and introduced hosts and high parasitic abundance and dispersion could facilitate host switching of helminths between native and introduced rodents. This work provides the first documentation of the importance of parasitic abundance and dispersion on the switching of parasites between native and introduced hosts.

Keywords

Cricetidhelminthshostinvasivenativeparasitespillbackspilloverrodents
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 145 , Issue 12 , October 2018 , pp. 1570 - 1576
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