The present study aimed to investigate the status of helminth infections in a hunted- wild boar in the Talesh city , North
of Iran. For this purpose, during November of 2013, a hunted- wild boar were necropsied and examined for helminths.
Individual samples of tongue and diaphragm samples provided by hunters were examined by artificial digestion for
Trichinella spp. larvae. Seven species of helminths were detected, with the following prevalence rates: Metastrongylus
apri (34%), Dicrocoelium dendriticum (22%), Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (19%), Gongylonema pulchrum (9%),
Physocephalus sexalatus (7%), Trichuris suis (6%), and Taenia hydatigena larvae (3%). Generally, lungworms were the
predominant helminths. The highest mean abundance was observed for M. apri, and the lowest was determined for T.
hydatigena larvae. This study is the first report describing the presence of M.apri, D. dendriticum, M. hirudinaceus, P.
sexalatus, in a hunted-wild boar in Talesh city , North of Iran. All analyzed muscle samples were negative for Trichinella
spp. larvae.