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

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Andreassen, Pipaluk Nynne Skamris, Schmidt, Niels Martin, Kapel, Christian Moliin Outzen, Christensen, Martin Ulrich, Sittler, Benoît, Gilg, Olivier, Enemark, Heidi Larsen, Al-Sabi, Mohammad Nafi Solaiman
• Other Authors: Section for Bacteriology, Pathology and Parasitology, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Bioscience Aarhus, Arctic Research Centre Aarhus (ARC), Aarhus University Aarhus, Department of Plants and the Environment, IT University of Copenhagen (ITU), Institute of Applied Conservation, University of Freiburg Freiburg, Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, Biogéosciences UMR 6282 (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: Arctic parasites; coprological examination; Taenia; Toxascaris leonina; Eucoleus boehmi; faecal analysis; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology; Arctic; Greenland; Karupelv; East Greenland; Polar Research; Vulpes lagopus; Zackenberg
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03362240; https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1308667

4 pages International audience 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.