Parasitofuna or red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the Slovak Republic
Miterpakova, M.(Slovenska akademia vied, Kosice (Slovak Republic). Parazitologicky ustav | Antolova, D. | Dubinsky, P.
A total of 924 fecal samples of red foxes were collected and examined using standard sugar centrifugation flotation technique between September 2000 and February 2003. This study has shown that 85.6 % of red foxes in the Slovak Republic are infected with parasites. This may be important from a human health perspective because some of these parasites are zoonotic (Toxocara spp., Ancylostoma spp., Capillaria spp., Strongyloides spp., Taenia spp., Dipylidiam spp. a Hymenolepis spp.) and serve as a source of infection for humans and domestic carnivores. Fifteen helminth species included two trematode species, four cestode species and nine species of nematodes were detected. Toxascaris leonina was the most common nematode species found in presented survey and was recorded in 47.8 % of red foxes, followed by Trichuris vulpis (32.8 %), Capillaria spp. (23.8 %) and Ancylostoma caninum (22.4 %). Coccidia oocysts were found in 25.6 % of red foxes. Only in 133 (14.4 %) foxes were observed no parasites.
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