Crenosoma Vulpis in Red Foxes (Vulpes Vulpes) in Northern Italy

Overview

Journal Parasitol Res

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2019 Apr 12

PMID 30972572

Citations 4

Authors

Benedetto Morandi

Sofia Bertaso

Gary Conboy

Andrea Gustinelli

Roberta Galuppi

Giovanni Tosi

Giovanni Poglayen

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Abstract

Crenosoma vulpis, the fox lungworm, is a nematode parasite of wild and domestic canids belonging to the super-family Metastrongyloidea. A survey of infection was carried out examining 88 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) obtained during the regular hunting season (2014-2015) from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Carcasses were stored frozen (- 21 °C) prior to necropsy. Lungs were examined for the presence of adult worms by dissection of the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles, and then the lung tissue was examined for first-stage larvae (L1) by the Baermann method. No adult stages were detected, but L1, identified based on morphology as Crenosoma vulpis, were recovered from 28.4% (25/88) of the fox lungs. No significant differences in infection were found based on sex or geographical distribution. A brief review on C. vulpis report in red foxes in Italy and other European countries was also carried out.

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