ARAFASCIOLIPSOSIS AND DISTRIBUTION OF 137Cs BY THE BODIES AND TISSUES OF ORGANS AND TISSUE OF ELK AND ROE DEER LIVING IN THE TERRITORY OF THE POLESIAN RADIATION-ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
The article presents data on the incidence of parafasciolopsosis and the distribution of 137Cs in the organs and tissues of the most common species of wild ungulates living in areas with high levels of radioactive contamination. It was shown that in mature moose, a higher infection rate of males than females with trematode Parafasciolopsis fasciolaemorpha was revealed. Thus, the invasion rate of males was 68 %, while that of females was 61.2 %. In general, the invasion of moose was quite high and amounted to 58.6 %. Also, in the studied animals, pathological changes in the liver were observed. In European moose and roe deer, there are close correlations between the indicators of specific activity of 137Cs in muscle tissue and internal organs. Although it should be noted that the European roe deer have linear correlation coefficients lower than for the moose.