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The golden jackal canis aureus - new alien species in Baltic states

Type of publication
Konferencijų tezės nerecenzuojamame leidinyje / Conference theses in non-peer-reviewed publication (T2)
Author(s)
AuthorAffiliation
Radzijevskaja, Jana 
Biologijos katedra / Department of Biology 
LT
Paulauskas, Algimantas 
Biologijos katedra / Department of Biology 
LT
Ražanskė, Irma 
Biologijos katedra / Department of Biology 
LT
Nugaraitė, Dovilė 
Gamtos mokslų fakultetas / Faculty of Natural Sciences 
LT
Bukelskis, Egidijus
Title
The golden jackal canis aureus - new alien species in Baltic states
[en]
Part Of
10th European vertebrate pest management conference, Sevilla, 21-25 September 2015 : abstracts
Date Issued
DateStart PageEnd Page
2015
159
159
Publisher
Sevilla : Universidad de Sevilla
URI
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/51238
Field of Science
OECD Classification
Keywords (lt)
Keywords (en)
Abstract (en)

Golden jackal (Canis aureus) was recorded for the first time in Baltic countries in Estonia in 28.02.2013 and three specimens of golden jackal were hunted in Latvia in 2014. The first golden jackal was hunted in Lithuania in 07.02.2015. The species was identified using morphological and mitochondrial DNA control region (CR1) analysis. The golden jackal has already been declared an invasive species in Baltic States. In Lithuania, hunting of these animals has been permitted throughout the year. Few studies in the past have revealed golden jackal potential role as carriers of zoonotic diseases and intestinal helminthes parasites. In present study presence of tick-borne pathogens and other parasites in golden jackal specimen have been investigated. No pathogens (Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia sp., Bartonella sp.) were found in spleen of golden jackal. However, the flukes Apophallus donicus, nematodes Uncinaria stenocephala, and unidentified individuals of class Cestoda have been detected. Helminths A. donicus and U. stenocephala are not new species for Lithuania and/ or neighboring territories. The diet of jackal consists of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates.

Type of document
type::text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Coverage Spatial
Ispanija / Spain (ES)
Other Identifier(s)
VDU02-000019033