HELMINTHOFAUNA OF PREDATORY ANIMALS OF THE FAMILY CANIDAE LIVING UNDER CONDITIONS OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION AND IN INTACT TERRITORY

The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of the helminth fauna of predatory animals of the Canidae family (Bowdich, 1821) living in the exclusion zone and in the intact territory. In the examined predatory animals from the Polesie State Radiation and Ecological Reserve – 19 species of helminths were registered with a total infection rate of 98.7%, in the predatory animals from the Pripyat National Park – 18 species of helminths with a total infection rate of 90.7%.