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=== Diseases and parasites === [[Ectoparasite]]s known to infest weasels include the [[louse]] ''Trichodectes mustelae'' and the [[mite]]s ''[[Demodex]]'' and ''Psoregates mustela''. The species may catch [[flea]]s from the nests and burrows of its prey. Flea species known to infest weasels include ''Ctenophthalmus bisoctodentatus'' and ''Palaeopsylla m. minor'', which they get from moles, ''P. s. soricis'', which they get from shrews, ''Nosopsyllus fasciatus'', which they get from rodents and ''Dasypsyllus gallinulae'' which they get from birds.<ref name=h475/> [[Helminth]]s known to infest weasels include the [[trematode]] ''[[Alaria (flatworm)|Alaria]]'', the [[nematode]]s ''[[Capillaria (nematode)|Capillaria]]'', ''Filaroides'' and ''[[Trichinella]]'' and the [[cestode]] ''[[Taenia (flatworm)|Taenia]]''.<ref name=h475/> Least weasels are commonly infected with the [[nematode]] ''[[Skrjabingylus nasicola]]'', adults of which are found in the nasal sinuses and can damage the skull. There is no evidence that this has serious detrimental effects on even heavily infested animals.<ref>{{cite journal |author=King, C. M. |year=1977 |title=The effects of the nematode parasite ''Skrjabingylus nasicola'' on British weasels (''Mustela nivalis'') |journal=Journal of Zoology |volume=182 |issue=2 |pages=225β249 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1977.tb04157.x}}</ref>
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