Cestode Parasites of the Fox in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales

Dent, C. H. R.; Kelly, John D.

doi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.1974.tb06891.x

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“…Thus, it was concluded that foxes do not appear to be involved in the transmission of E. granulosus to domestic livestock and do not participate in the epizootiology of hydatidosis in Greece. These results are similar to those of Coman (1973a), Dent & Kelly (1974), Ryan (1976), Borgsteede (1984) and Schoffel et al (1991). On the contrary, Cook (1965) in his survey on foxes in Wales, recovered four cestode species of which only E. granulosus was mature and therefore he considered this tapeworm to be the only one transmissible by the fox.…”

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Helminths of foxes and other wild carnivores from rural areas in Greece

Papadopoulos¹,

Himonas

Papazahariadou

et al. 1997

J. Helminthol.

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Twenty species of helminth parasites were identified from fox, wolf, jackal and wild cat material collected in Greece. Of the 314 foxes (Vulpes vulpes) examined, 18 helminth species were recovered comprising one trematode, eight cestodes, seven nematodes and two acanthocephalans, with the cestode species Mesocestoides sp. (73.2%), Joyeuxiella echinorhynchoides (24.5%) and the nematode species Uncinaria stenocephala (43.9%), and Toxocara canis (28.6%) being the most prevalent. Five cestode and three nematode species were reported from six wolves (Canis lupus), together with one trematode, three cestode and four nematode species from five jackals (Canis aureus) and two cestode and three nematode species from four wild cats (Felis silvestris) examined. The species J. echinorhynchoides, Taenia crassiceps and Onicola canisand the genera Spirometra, Rictularia and Pachysentis are reported here for the first time in Greece. The results are discussed in the light of the feeding characteristics of wild carnivores in rural areas of Greece.

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Helminths of foxes and other wild carnivores from rural areas in Greece

Papadopoulos¹,

Himonas

Papazahariadou

et al. 1997

J. Helminthol.

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“…Other studies of the fox in Australia, involving the examination of large numbers of animals, have dealt with food habits (McIntosh 1963a;Martensz 1971 ;Coman 1973b;Ryan and Croft 1974) and with endoparasites (Pullar 1946;Coman 1973a;Dent and Kelly 1974;Ryan 1975).…”

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Observations on the Reproduction and Age Structure of the Fox, Vulpes vulpes L., in New South Wales

Ryan¹

1976

Wildl. Res.

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A total of 838 foxes were collected throughout New South Wales from 1969 to 1974. In every month of the year there were some males producing sperm but there was a major peak of activity during June, July and August. The major period of female reproductive activity commenced in July and reached a peak in August. There were indications that some females ovulated during February and March although no pregnancies were recorded outside June-October. At least 30 % of vixens suffered preplacentation loss of ova or blastocysts, but an accurate estimate was impossible because of an apparently high incidence of polyovuly. Resorption accounted for the loss of 8 % of embryos from 35 pregnant females. A mean litter size of 4.0 was calculated from pregnancies; the mean number of placental scars was 3.7; three deformed embryos were found. The proportion of juvenile animals in the sample decreased from January to the beginning of the breeding season. The weight of the eye-lens was unsuitable for differentiating between yearling and adult foxes in this type of sample.

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“…In two major surveys (one each in New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria (Vic)) the intestines of over 2000 foxes were examined for helminths, although several species of taeniid cestode were recovered T. ovis and T. hydatigena were never recorded ( Coman, 1973; Ryan, 1976 ). Despite an old report of T. ovis in foxes ( Pullar, 1946 ) and a more recent report of T. hydatigena in two foxes ( Dent and Kelly, 1974 ), Coman and Ryan (1974) concluded foxes did not act as hosts for T. ovis or T. hydatigena. More recently, Howkins (1986) reported T. ovis in foxes from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and adjacent areas in NSW and Dybing et al (2013) reported T. hydatigena in a fox from Western Australia (WA).…”

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confidence: 94%