Prevalence of zoonotic important parasites in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Great Britain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 133-142

  Smith, G C ^a   Gangadharan, B ^b   Taylor, Z ^b   Laurenson, M K ^b   Bradshaw, H ^c   Hide, G ^c   Hughes, J M ^c   Dinkel, A ^d   Romig, T ^e   Craig, P S ^c  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cestode; Echinococcus sp.; Parasite; Red fox; Toxocara sp.; Toxoplasma sp.; Trichinella sp.; Vulpes sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; FOX; HOOKWORM; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMALL INTESTINE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; TRICHURIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOPLASMA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHURIS VULPIS; UNCINARIA STENOCEPHALA; VULPES; VULPES SP.; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 10744226000     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.09.017     Document Type: Article

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