Vergles Rataj, Aleksandra and Posedi, Janez and Žele, Diana and Vengušt, Gorazd (2013) Intestinal parasites of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Slovenia. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 61 (4). pp. 454-462. ISSN 0236-6290
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Abstract
In the present study, 428 foxes were collected and examined for intestinal helminths using the washing-out method. Parasites were found in 93.2% of the examined animals. The most frequently identified nematodes were Uncinaria stenocephala (58.9%), Toxocara canis (38.3%) and Molineus patens (30.6%). Other nematodes found were Pterygodermatites affinis (4.2%), Capillaria sp. (2.8%), Crenosoma vulpis (2.8%), Toxascaris leonina (2.5%), Trichuris vulpis (0.7%) and Physaloptera sp. (0.2%). Mesocestoides sp. (27.6%) and Taenia crassiceps (22.2%) were the most prevalent cestodes, followed by T. polyacantha (6.5%), Hymenolepis nana (2.1%), T. pisiformis (2.1%) and Dipylidium caninum (1.4%). The study also revealed four trematode species: Rossicotrema donicum (1.6%), Heterophyes heterophyes (1.1%), Metagonimus yokogawai (1.1%), Prohemistomum appendiculatum (0.4%) and two protozoan species: oocysts of Sarcocystis (2.8%) and Isospora (0.4%). This is the first extensive study on the intestinal parasites of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Slovenia. The 2.6% prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in the same sample population as investigated herein has been reported previously (Vergles Rataj et al., 2010).
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | S Agriculture / mezőgazdaság > SV Veterinary science / állatorvostudomány |
Depositing User: | xKatalin xBarta |
Date Deposited: | 07 Feb 2017 12:47 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2017 12:47 |
URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/47523 |
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