Habitat related differences in helminth parasites of red foxes in the Ebro valley
Abstract
The prevalences of helminth parasites found on red foxes collected in two different habitats of the Ebro Valley, in north-eastern Spain were compared. Twenty helminth species, including one trematode, six cestodes, 12 nematodes and one acanthocephalan were found. Metorchis albidus, Uncinaria stenocephala and Dirofilaria immitis were more prevalent in the irrigated lands close to the main rivers of the study area, whereas Trichuris vulpis and Pterygodermatites affinis showed higher prevalences in the semiarid stepparian habitat. Habitat characteristics need to be considered when surveying helminths over large geographical areas. The study shows that in the Ebro Valley the fox constitutes a reservoir host for several helminth species that are parasites of the domestic dog or the wolf, or may have importance as zoonoses.
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Irrigated lands for farming present higher prevalences than areas close to them.
“It has been demonstrated that the irrigated lands for farming present higher prevalences that those areas close to them (Gortázar et al., 1998; Montoya-Alonso et al., 2010a).”
From Heartworm Disease (Dirofilaria immitis) and Their Vectors in Europe – New Distribution Trends (2012) · cites this paper as Gortázar et al., 1998
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- Authors
- Gortázar, C., Villafuerte, R., Lucientes, J., & Fernández-de-Luco, D.
- Affiliations
- Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Gortázar, Christian
- Venue
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1998-12
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 75-81
- ISSN
- 0304-4017 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1976769269
- Cited by
- 96
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 2.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Veterinary Parasitology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Helminth infection and control
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Parasitic infections in humans and animals
- Keywords
- helminths, red fox, Vulpia vulpes, habitat differences, parasite prevalence, Uncinaria stenocephala, Dirofilaria immitis, Trichuris vulpis, reservoir hosts, zoonoses, Ebro Valley
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Disease Reservoirs, Female, Foxes, Helminthiasis, Animal, Helminths, Male, Spain, Prevalence
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