Vervaeke M, Dorny P, Vercammen F, Geerts S, Brandt J, Van Den Berge K, Verhagen R
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium.
Vet Parasitol. 2003 Jul 29;115(3):257-63. doi: 10.1016/s0304-4017(03)00212-7.
The first record of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis (Cestoda, Taeniidae) in Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in northern Belgium is described. Between 1996 and 1999, 237 dead foxes were examined for the presence of this tapeworm using the intestinal scraping technique. Four foxes (1.7%) were found to be infected with E. multilocularis and showed medium to very high parasitic burdens. Three infected foxes originated from the south of the study area and the fourth animal came from the north of the study area near the border with The Netherlands. These findings are discussed in relation to the high endemicity of E. multilocularis in southern Belgium and to the increased distribution of the Red fox (V. vulpes) in northern Belgium during the last two decades.
本文描述了在比利时北部赤狐（赤狐属）中首次发现多房棘球绦虫（绦虫纲，带科）的记录。1996年至1999年期间，采用肠道刮片技术对237只死亡狐狸进行了该绦虫检查。发现四只狐狸（1.7%）感染了多房棘球绦虫，寄生虫负荷为中度至高度。三只感染狐狸来自研究区域南部，第四只来自研究区域北部靠近荷兰边境处。结合比利时南部多房棘球绦虫的高流行率以及过去二十年中比利时北部赤狐（赤狐属）分布范围的扩大，对这些发现进行了讨论。
