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.
Crenosoma vulpis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Northern Italy / Morandi, Benedetto; Bertaso, Sofia; Conboy, Gary; Gustinelli, Andrea; Galuppi, Roberta; Tosi, Giovanni; Poglayen, Giovanni. - In: PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH. - ISSN 0932-0113. - ELETTRONICO. - 118:6(2019), pp. 1981-1985. [10.1007/s00436-019-06272-3]
Crenosoma vulpis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Northern Italy
Morandi, Benedetto;Gustinelli, Andrea;Galuppi, Roberta;Poglayen, Giovanni
2019
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.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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