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Blood smears were taken from 3 species of rodents: the woodmouse<jats:italic>A podemus sylvaticus<\/jats:italic>, the bank vole<jats:italic>Clethrionomys glareolus<\/jats:italic>(and an island sub-species<jats:italic>C.g. skomerensis<\/jats:italic>) and the short-tailed vole<jats:italic>Microtus agrestis<\/jats:italic>. The smears were examined microscopically. Four genera of haemoparasites<jats:italic>Babesia, Hepatozoon, Trypanosoma<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>Grahamella<\/jats:italic>were detected.<jats:italic>Babesia<\/jats:italic>was absent from<jats:italic>C.g. skomerensis, Hepatozoon<\/jats:italic>was rarely found in<jats:italic>A. sylvaticus<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>M. agrestis<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>Trypanosoma<\/jats:italic>was rare in<jats:italic>A. sylvaticus<\/jats:italic>. More males were infected than females but the difference was only statistically significant for the infection with<jats:italic>Hepatozoon<\/jats:italic>in adult<jats:italic>C.g. skomerensis<\/jats:italic>. Infections with<jats:italic>Babesia<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>Hepatozoon<\/jats:italic>were more prevalent in adult animals and infections with<jats:italic>Trypanosoma<\/jats:italic>were more prevalent in younger individuals. Only in<jats:italic>C.g. skomerensis<\/jats:italic>was there a significant difference between age classes in the prevalence of infection with<jats:italic>Grahamella<\/jats:italic>\u2013 there being more adults infected. Concurrent infections were detected,<jats:italic>Hepatozoon<\/jats:italic>being the parasite most commonly involved. 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