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 Larsen 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 Larsen 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
Article number	13
Journal	Polar Research
Volume	36
Issue	Suppl. 1
ISSN	0800-0395
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1308667
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Arctic parasites
Eucoleus boehmi
Taenia
Toxascaris leonina
coprological examination
faecal analysis

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Gastrointestinal Parasites of Two Populations of Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from Northeast Greenland. / Andreassen, P.N.S.; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Kapel, Christian M. O. et al.
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Gastrointestinal Parasites of Two Populations of Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from Northeast Greenland

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