Wild Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) as Sentinels of Parasitic Diseases in the Province of Soria, Northern Spain
Authors
Lledó García, María Lourdes; Giménez Pardo, Consuelo; Saz Pérez, José Vicente; Serrano, José LuisIdentifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/61220DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1766
ISSN: 1530-3667
Date
2015-12-18Bibliographic citation
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2015, v. 15, n. 12, p. 743-749
Keywords
Epidemiology
Parasitology
Foxes
Sentinel species
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Abstract
Four hundred red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) were examined for ecto- (arthropods) and endoparasites (Leishmania spp., Trichinella spp., and intestinal parasites). Different species of flea (total prevalence, 40.50%), tick (16.25%), mite (7.25%), and fly (1.50%) were identified. The most prevalent flea was Pulex irritans (found on 29% of the foxes); the most prevalent tick, mite, and fly were Ixodes canisuga (on 5%), Sarcoptes scabiei (on 5.25%), and Hippobosca equina (on 1%), respectively. The endoparasites identified included Leishmania spp. (found in 12% of the foxes), Trichinella spp. (in 15.5%, with T. britovi the most prevalent species in 15.25%), Cestoda (in 72.75%, with Mesocestoides spp. the most prevalent in 69.50%), and intestinal ascarids (in 73.25%, with Ancylostoma caninum the most prevalent in 12.50%). No animal was free of parasites. The present results suggest that foxes can act as sentinels of diseases transmitted by ecto- and endoparasites.
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