Helminths of wild boar in Spain

Forty-seven wild boars (Sus scrofa) collected from two areas in the provinc e of Valencia (eastern Spain) were examined for digestive and respiratory h elminth parasites. Helminth species and their prevalence were Taenia hydati gena cysticercus (19%), Ascarops strongylina (87%), Physocephalus sexalatus (6%), Ascaris suum (2%), Metastrongylus spp. (85%), Capillaria sp. (2%) an d Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (21%). Trichinella spp. were not found. Physocephalus sexalatus, A. suum, Capillaria sp. and M. hirudinaceus were f ound only in wild boars collected from one area (National Hunting Reserve o f Cortes de Pallas). Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus did not occur in hogs < 1-yr-old, whereas the intensity of Metastrongylus spp. infection was the greatest in this age group.