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

doi:10.1080/17518369.2017.1308667

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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Abstract

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

Keywords

Arctic parasites
Coprological examination
Taenia
Toxascaris leoniana
Eucoleus boehmi
Faecal analysis

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

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