Increase in number of helminth species from Dutch red foxes over a 35-year period

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Joke van der Giessen³  Katsuhisa Takumi³  Cecile Dam³  Herman Cremers¹  Jaap Mulder²  Rolf Nijsse⁵  Frits Franssen⁴ 

[1] Dr. H.T.s'Jacoblaan 62, Utrecht, BN 3571, Netherlands;Bureau Mulder-natuurlijk, Consultant for Animal Ecology, Berkenlaan 28, RN 3737 Groenekan, Netherlands;National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, P.O. Box 1, Bilthoven, BA 3720, The Netherlands;National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), Centre for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology (Z&O), Anthonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, P.O. Box 1, Bilthoven, BA 3720, The Netherlands;Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

关键词: Alaria;    Taenia;    Toxocara;    Echinococcus;    Molecular analysis;    Biodiversity;    Red fox;    Helminth fauna;   

Others  :  807386
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-3305-7-166

 received in 2013-12-12, accepted in 2014-03-17,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is host to a community of zoonotic and other helminth species. Tracking their community structure and dynamics over decades is one way to monitor the long term risk of parasitic infectious diseases relevant to public and veterinary health.

Methods

We identified 17 helminth species from 136 foxes by mucosal scraping, centrifugal sedimentation/flotation and the washing and sieving technique. We applied rarefaction analysis to our samples and compared the resulting curve to the helminth community reported in literature 35 years ago.

Results

Fox helminth species significantly increased in number in the last 35 years (p-value <0.025). Toxascaris leonina, Mesocestoides litteratus, Trichuris vulpis and Angiostrongylus vasorum are four new veterinary-relevant species. The zoonotic fox tapeworm (E. multilocularis) was found outside the previously described endemic regions in the Netherlands.

Conclusions

Helminth fauna in Dutch red foxes increased in biodiversity over the last three decades.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Franssen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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