ORIGINAL_ARTICLE The aim of our study was to determine whether and to what extent certain species of helminths and protozoa are present in the wild boar population living in hunting grounds in Vojvodina. For this purpose, 52 faecal samples of hunted wild boars (aged 6 months to 2 years) were examined. Examination of the faeces was performed using classical coproscopic laboratory methods. The following parasite species were identified: Metastrongylus spp. Ascaris suum, Trichuris suis, Physocephalus sexalatus, Strongyloides ransomi, Oesophagostomum sp. / Globocephalus sp., Hyostrongylus rubidus, Gnathostoma hispidum, Eimeria deblecki and Eimeria suis. The obtained results from this study indicated that wild boars are a potential reservoir of a variety of endoparasites, thus endangering the surrounding ecosystem. https://macvetrev.mk/Files/Article/2020/10.1515/macvetrev-2017-0029/macvetrev-2017-0029.pdf 2018-03-15T09:00:00 39 46 10.2478/macvetrev-2017-0029 wild boar endoparasites Vojvodina faecal examination Igor Stojanov false 1 Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Rumenački put 20, Novi Sad, Serbia AUTHOR Ivan Pavlović dripavlovic58@gmail.com false 2 Scientific Veterinary Institute of Srbija, Vojvode Toze 14, Belgrade, Serbia LEAD_AUTHOR Ivan Pušić false 3 Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Rumenački put 20, Novi Sad, Serbia AUTHOR Jasna Prodanov-Radulović false 4 Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Rumenački put 20, Novi Sad, Serbia AUTHOR Radomir Ratajac false 5 Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Rumenački put 20, Novi Sad, Serbia AUTHOR Doroteja Marčić false 6 Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Rumenački put 20, Novi Sad, Serbia AUTHOR Božidar Savić false 7 Scientific Veterinary Institute of Srbija, Vojvode Toze 14, Belgrade, Serbia AUTHOR Antolová, D., Reiterová, K., Dubinský, P. 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