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A total of 369 wild boars were culled during one hunting season in four hunting districts in the Campania region, and individual fecal egg counts were performed by Mini-FLOTAC technique. Gastrointestinal strongyles (GIS) were the most common parasites detected (65.9%), followed by Metastrongylus spp. (48.8%), Ascaris suum (9.2%), Strongyloides ransomi and Trichuris suis (4.6% each), Capillaria (syn. Eucoleus) spp. (4.3%), Dicrocoelium dendriticum (1.6%), and Physocephalus sexalatus and Ascarops strongylina (0.5% each). Statistically significant differences (P&lt;0.05) were found for GIS, Metastrongylus spp., and A. suum infections by boar hunting district, and for GIS and Metastrongylus spp. by age class. These results confirm wild boar competence to host diverse helminth species and their potential role as a reservoir for domestic pigs, primarily when bred in extensive production systems. The parasitologic monitoring of wild boars is a key step toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between wild and domestic pigs, safeguarding the health of farm animals.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7589\/jwd-d-25-00137","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,3]],"date-time":"2026-07-03T08:52:22Z","timestamp":1783068742000},"page":"675-682","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Helminth Fauna of Wild Boars (Sus scrofa): A Coprological Survey from Southern Italy"],"prefix":"10.7589","volume":"62","author":[{"given":"Elisa","family":"Castaldo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Federico Delpino 1, Naples 80137, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Buono","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Federico Delpino 1, Naples 80137, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stefano","family":"Scarcelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Federico Delpino 1, Naples 80137, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicola","family":"D'Alessio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Animal Health, Experimental Zooprohylactic Institute of southern Italy, Via della Salute 2, Portici 80055, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alessandro","family":"Fioretti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Federico Delpino 1, Naples 80137, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valerio","family":"Toscano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Osservatorio Faunistico Venatorio - Campania Region, Via della Salute 2, Portici 80055, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fabrizia","family":"Veronesi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Via San Costanzo 4, Perugia 06126, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Camilla","family":"Sangiovanni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Via Montpellier 1, Rome 00133, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Esterina","family":"De Carlo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Animal Health, Experimental Zooprohylactic Institute of southern Italy, Via della Salute 2, Portici 80055, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Harold","family":"Salant","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yehoshua Hankin St 21, Rehovot 76100, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Sgroi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Animal Health, Experimental Zooprohylactic Institute of southern Italy, Via della Salute 2, Portici 80055, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vincenzo","family":"Veneziano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II, Via Federico Delpino 1, Naples 80137, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"4415","reference":[{"key":"1","unstructured":"JE. 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