Gastrointestinal Parasites of Two Populations of Arctic Foxes ( Vulpes lagopus ) from Northeast Greenland

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, Tae...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Andreassen, P.N.S., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Kapel, Christian M. O., Christensen, Martin Ulrich, Sittler, Benoit, Gilg, Olivier, Enemark, Heidi Larsen, Al-Sabi, Mohammad Nafi Solaiman
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Arctic parasites
Eucoleus boehmi
Taenia
Toxascaris leonina
coprological examination
faecal analysis
Arctic
Greenland
Karupelv
East Greenland
Polar Research
Vulpes lagopus
Zackenberg
Online Access:https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/4f0d7913-077f-4cc2-96e0-0a475e84fef9
https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1308667
https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/115853884/Andreassen_et_al._2017._Polar_Research.pdf
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043586892&partnerID=8YFLogxK
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Summary: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.

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