1996/09/01 by A.L. Willingham, N.W. Ockens, C.M.O. Kapel +1
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · Veterinary · #Coccidia and coccidiosis research #Helminth infection and control #Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
paper · doi:10.1017/s0022149x00015509
openalex publication_date 1996/09/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/14
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.