A parasitological survey of wild red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the province of Guadalajara, Spain

Criado–Fornelio, A.; Gutiérrez-García, Luis; Rodrı́guez-Caabeiro, F.; Reus-Garcia, E; Roldan-Soriano, M.A; Diaz-Sanchez, M.A

doi:10.1016/s0304-4017(00)00329-0

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“…Furthermore, the study design could be used in field studies of other parasites with an environmental phase in the parasitic cycle, which is potentially influenced by heterogeneous habitat and microclimate conditions. 17 …”

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Geographic information system-aided analysis of factors associated with the spatial distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis infections of foxes.

Staubach¹,

Thulke²,

Tackmann³

et al. 2001

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. To investigate the influence of environmental factors on the spatial epidemiology of infections with Echinococcus multilocularis, foxes were sampled in a focal endemic region in the Northwest of Brandenburg, Germany, and examined for infection by the parasite. The locations where foxes were obtained were recorded in a geographic information system database. Positions of infected and uninfected foxes were analyzed on the background of geographic vector data of water, settlements, streets, forests, crop, and pasture. Fox positions were allocated to different land-use classes by use of a Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) satellite image. Infected foxes were more frequently shot near water, in areas of high soil humidity, and on pastures, suggesting that dryness may limit the tenacity of E. multilocularis oncospheres. Thus open landscapes with humid soil seem to be favorable for the life cycle of the parasite. In contrast, infected foxes were significantly underrepresented in forest areas.

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Geographic information system-aided analysis of factors associated with the spatial distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis infections of foxes.

Staubach¹,

Thulke²,

Tackmann³

et al. 2001

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…This finding could suggest a pseudoparasitism originated by predation of some prey. Infestations by trematodes of genus Alaria are common in wild carnivores in many european countries (Criado-Fornelio et al 2000;Wolfe et al 2001;Segovia et al 2003;Moks et al 2006;Saeed et al 2006). Infection are generally non-pathogenic for cats and dogs (Zajac and Conboy 2006).…”

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Epidemiological survey of zoonotic helminths in feral cats in Gran Canaria island (Macaronesian archipelago-Spain)

Rodríguez-Ponce

González

Felipe

et al. 2016

Acta Parasitologica

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The presence of zoonotic parasites in feral cats have been widely considered all over the world. In Gran Canaria (Macaronesian archipelago, Canary Islands, Spain) the number of feral cats has grown out of control in urban and rural areas. 48 of Felis catus captured in different Gran Canaria areas were studied. Animals were necropsied and several organs were systematically examined in order to collect and identify macroscopic parasites. In addition, coprological tests were done in 28 cats. There were no statistically significant differences in the prevalence rate among sex, age or capture area, showing an overall prevalence of helminths of 77.1%. The most common tapeworms were Dipylidium caninum (64.6%) and Taenia taeniaeformis (31.3%), followed by the nematodes Toxocara cati (20.8%), Ancylostoma tubaeforme (18.8%), Aelurostrongylusabstrusus (10.4%) and Trichuris vulpis (2.08%). We also find several eggs of Alaria alata in the small intestine of one cat (2.08%), being the first description of this trematode in cats in the Canary Islands. Aproximatelly, 40% of the studied cats harboured more than one parasite. High rates of zoonotic species found in these animals suggest the need of controling parasitic infections and preventive measures against them.

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“…Numerous surveys have been reported for foxes and jackals, with infected animals found in many endemic areas. The prevalence of infection by PCR in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) can be as high as 40-75 % in Mediterranean countries (Criado-Fornelio et al 2000 ;Dipineto et al 2007). Reported parasite prevalences in the golden jackal in the Middle East are typically lower, up to 13 % in Iran (Hamidi et al 1982 ;Mohebali et al 2005), though there have been no published PCR studies.…”

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Transmission, reservoir hosts and control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis

2009

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S U M M A R YZoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) caused by Leishmania infantum is an important disease of humans and dogs. Here we review aspects of the transmission and control of ZVL. Whilst there is clear evidence that ZVL is maintained by sandfly transmission, transmission may also occur by non-sandfly routes, such as congenital and sexual transmission. Dogs are the only confirmed primary reservoir of infection. Meta-analysis of dog studies confirms that infectiousness is higher in symptomatic infection ; infectiousness is also higher in European than South American studies. A high prevalence of infection has been reported from an increasing number of domestic and wild mammals ; updated host ranges are provided. The crab-eating fox Cerdocyon thous, opossums Didelphis spp., domestic cat Felis cattus, black rat Rattus rattus and humans can infect sandflies, but confirmation of these hosts as primary or secondary reservoirs requires further xenodiagnosis studies at the population level. Thus the putative sylvatic reservoir(s) of ZVL remains unknown. Review of intervention studies examining the effectiveness of current control methods highlights the lack of randomized controlled trials of both dog culling and residual insecticide spraying. Topical insecticides (deltamethrin-impregnated collars and pour-ons) have been shown to provide a high level of individual protection to treated dogs, but further community-level studies are needed.

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A parasitological survey of wild red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the province of Guadalajara, Spain

Cited by 106 publications

References 7 publications

Geographic information system-aided analysis of factors associated with the spatial distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis infections of foxes.

Geographic information system-aided analysis of factors associated with the spatial distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis infections of foxes.

Epidemiological survey of zoonotic helminths in feral cats in Gran Canaria island (Macaronesian archipelago-Spain)

Transmission, reservoir hosts and control of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis

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