Gastrointestinal parasites of two populations of Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from north-east Greenland

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Pipaluk Nynne Skamris Andreassen, Niels Martin Schmidt, Christian Moliin Outzen Kapel, Martin Ulrich Christensen, Benoît Sittler, Olivier Gilg, Heidi Larsen Enemark, Mohammad Nafi Solaiman Al-Sabi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2017
• Subjects: Arctic parasites; coprological examination; Taenia; Toxascaris leonina; Eucoleus boehmi; faecal analysis; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Greenland; Karupelv; East Greenland; Polar Research; Vulpes lagopus; Zackenberg
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1308667; https://doaj.org/article/42f0cf72d35442fcac11b343fa7d93fb

Parasitological examination of 275 faecal samples from Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) collected at Zackenberg Valley and Karupelv Valley in north-east Greenland from 2006 to 2008 was conducted using sieving and microscopy. Overall, 125 (45.5%) samples contained parasite eggs of Taenia crassiceps, Taenia serialis, Toxascaris leonina, Eucoleus boehmi, Physalopteridae and Ancylostomatidae, and Strongyloides-like larvae. As long-term ecological studies are conducted at both sampling locations, the present findings constitute a baseline data set for further parasitological monitoring.