Massive Taenia hydatigena Cysticercosis in a Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) from Italy.
Giovanni SgroiAntonio VarcasiaGiorgia DessìNicola D'AlessioLaura PacificoFrancesco BuonoBenedetto NeolaGiovanna FuscoMario SantoroValerio ToscanoAlessandro FiorettiVincenzo VenezianoPublished in: Acta parasitologica (2019)
Our findings suggest that wild boar could be involved in the epidemiology of T. hydatigena, due to the significant amount of boar raw offal available to definitive hosts (i.e., hunting dogs, foxes and wolves), during the hunting seasons.