Helminths of land vertebrates in monitoring the parasitological situation in the Middle Volga region

Results of monitoring researches of helminths of land vertebrates in the Middle Volga region lead per 1996-2014 by laboratory of population ecology of the Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin RAS are resulted. In territory of region at animals on our and literary data it is registered by present time of 525 species of parasites: Monogenea - 1, Trematoda - 216, Cestoda - 132, Nematoda - 171, Acanthocephala - 6. Among them 41 helminths species have important epizootological and epidemiological significance. These species of parasite worms have a potential opportunity to put serious harm to health of the humans and significant economic damage of its economic activities. Results of researches have formed a basis for creation of an electronic database «Parasites of vertebrate animals of the Middle Volga region», counting 832 species, includes 53 "dangerous" helminths species for the humans, wild animals and pets.