<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Two hundreds and sixty red foxes, eighteen badgers and eight stone martens from north-eastern Italy were examined for zoonotic parasites by SCT, with particular attention to Trichinella sp. and Echinococcus multilocularis. No adult worms of E. multilocularis were observed in the intestine of red foxes or mustelids. Out of 223 fox faecal samples analysed by a commercial CA-ELISA, 5.8 % was positive to Echinococcus coproantigens. Trichinella sp. was detected by digestion of muscle in 1.2 % of examined foxes (2/172), but not in mustelids (0/11). Toxocara canis, responsible for human toxocarosis, resulted to be common in fox population (48.5 %). This parasite was found both in young (53.3 % of cubs and 61.9 % of sub-adults) and in adult animals (42.7 %). Other zoonotic parasites as Uncinaria stenocephala (52.3 %) and Trichuris vulpis (0.4 %) were detected in fox populations.</p></abstract>

Two hundreds and sixty red foxes, eighteen badgers and eight stone martens from north-eastern Italy were examined for zoonotic parasites by SCT, with particular attention to Trichinella sp. and Echinococcus multilocularis. No adult worms of E. multilocularis were observed in the intestine of red foxes or mustelids. Out of 223 fox faecal samples analysed by a commercial CA-ELISA, 5.8 % was positive to Echinococcus coproantigens. Trichinella sp. was detected by digestion of muscle in 1.2 % of examined foxes (2/172), but not in mustelids (0/11). Toxocara canis, responsible for human toxocarosis, resulted to be common in fox population (48.5 %). This parasite was found both in young (53.3 % of cubs and 61.9 % of sub-adults) and in adult animals (42.7 %). Other zoonotic parasites as Uncinaria stenocephala (52.3 %) and Trichuris vulpis (0.4 %) were detected in fox populations.

Wild carnivores as source of zoonotic helminths in north-eastern Italy

Animal Pathology, Hygiene and Public Health (DIPAV) Department, General Pathology Section, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Via Celoria 10, 20133, Milan, Italy

Trento Section, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute, Via Lavisotto 129, Trento, Italy

Belluno Section, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute, Via Cappellari 44/A, 32100, Belluno, Italy

Helminthologia

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Two hundreds and sixty red foxes, eighteen badgers and eight stone martens from north-eastern Italy were examined for zoonotic parasites by SCT, with...

Wild carnivores as source of zoonotic helminths in north-eastern Italy

Published Online: Mar 02, 2008

Page range: 13 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-008-0002-7

Keywords
red fox, badger, stone marten, helminths, zoonoses, Italy

© 2008 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Wild carnivores as source of zoonotic helminths in north-eastern Italy

Published Online: Mar 02, 2008

Page range: 13 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-008-0002-7

Keywordsred fox, badger, stone marten, helminths, zoonoses, Italy

© 2008 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
red fox, badger, stone marten, helminths, zoonoses, Italy