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A helminthological survey of wild red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the metropolitan area of Copenhagen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

A.L. Willingham ,
N.W. Ockens ,
C.M.O. Kapel  and
J. Monrad
A.L. Willingham
Affiliation:
Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülowsvej 13, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
N.W. Ockens
Affiliation:
ADA's Dyrehospital, Højvangsvej 15, 2640 Hedehusene, Denmark
C.M.O. Kapel
Affiliation:
Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülowsvej 13, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
J. Monrad
Affiliation:
Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülowsvej 13, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Abstract

Sixty-eight red foxes were collected from the metropolitan area of Copenhagen and examined for helminth infections. Standard faecal flotations for intestinal parasites gave the following results: Strongyle eggs (75.0%), Capillaria eggs (36.8%), Toxocara eggs (23.5%), Taenia eggs (1.5%), and coccidia oocysts (2.9%). Gastrointestinal helminths were collected from 21 of the 68 foxes with the following specimens found: Uncinaria stenocephala (85.7%), Toxocara canis (81.0%), Taenia spp. (38.1%), Mesocestoides lineatus (23.8%) and Polymorphus spp. (9.5%). Faeces of 39 foxes were examined by the Baermann method for larvae of cardiopulmonary worms with 20 foxes (51.3%) being infected. Fourteen foxes (35.9%) were infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum, 11 (28.2%) were infected with Crenosoma vulpis, and 5 foxes (12.8%) were infected with both species. Muscle digestion of diaphragms from the 68 foxes indicated that none harboured larvae of Trichinella spiralis.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 259 - 263
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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