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

P.N.S. Andreassen; Niels Martin Schmidt; Christian M. O. Kapel; Martin Ulrich Christensen; Benoit Sittler; Olivier Gilg; Heidi Enemark; Mohammad Nafi Solaiman Al-Sabi

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

P.N.S. Andreassen, Niels Martin Schmidt, Christian M. O. Kapel, Martin Ulrich Christensen, Benoit Sittler, Olivier Gilg, Heidi Enemark, Mohammad Nafi Solaiman Al-Sabi

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Polar Research
Volume	36
Issue number	13
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0800-0395
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1308667
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Arctic parasites
Coprological examination
Taenia
Toxascaris leoniana
Eucoleus boehmi
Faecal analysis

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