Gortázar C, Villafuerte R, Lucientes J, Fernández-de-Luco D
SEDIFAS Wildlife Diagnostic Service, Veterinary Faculty, Zaragoza University, Spain.
Vet Parasitol. 1998 Dec 15;80(1):75-81. doi: 10.1016/s0304-4017(98)00192-7.
The prevalences of helminth parasites found on red foxes collected in two different habitats of the Ebro Valley, in north-eastern Spain were compared. Twenty helminth species, including one trematode, six cestodes, 12 nematodes and one acanthocephalan were found. Metorchis albidus, Uncinaria stenocephala and Dirofilaria immitis were more prevalent in the irrigated lands close to the main rivers of the study area, whereas Trichuris vulpis and Pterygodermatites affinis showed higher prevalences in the semiarid stepparian habitat. Habitat characteristics need to be considered when surveying helminths over large geographical areas. The study shows that in the Ebro Valley the fox constitutes a reservoir host for several helminth species that are parasites of the domestic dog or the wolf, or may have importance as zoonoses.
对在西班牙东北部埃布罗河谷两个不同栖息地采集的赤狐体内发现的蠕虫寄生虫患病率进行了比较。共发现20种蠕虫，包括1种吸虫、6种绦虫、12种线虫和1种棘头虫。在研究区域主要河流附近的灌溉土地上，阿尔比德后睾吸虫、窄头钩虫和犬恶丝虫更为普遍，而狐鞭虫和亲缘翼形皮蝇在半干旱草原栖息地的患病率更高。在大面积地理区域调查蠕虫时，需要考虑栖息地特征。该研究表明，在埃布罗河谷，狐狸是几种蠕虫的储存宿主，这些蠕虫是家犬或狼的寄生虫，或者可能作为人畜共患病具有重要意义。
