Abstract
During 2004-2007, 20 carcasses of red foxes, found dead mainly due to road accidents in Kars province of Turkey, were collected and examined helminthologically. Fifteen of (75%) 20 necropsied foxes were infected with various helminth species. According to the results of intestinal wash examinations, the helminth community of the red fox in the necropsy is composed of 10 helminths and 1 arthropod species. The recovered species were Alaria alata (30%), Mesocestoides lineatus (60%), Taenia multiceps (10%), T. pisiformis (10%), T. taenuiformis (5%), Taenia spp. (10%), Echinococcus granulosus (5%), Toxascaris leonina (65%), Toxocara canis (20%), Capillaria spp. (5%) and Linguatula serrata (40%). This article appears to be the first report of the presence of both the adults and nymphs of Linguatula serrata in the intestines of fox. According to the results of fecal examinations, helminth eggs were found in 13 of 20 (65%) fox fecal samples. Revealed helminth species were as follows; Mesocestoides lineatus (55%), Toxascaris leonina (40%), Alaria alata (30%), Toxocara canis (15%), Capillaria spp. (15%), Taenia spp. (15%).
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