Some intestinal parasites of Arctic fox, Banks Island, N. W. T.
Small intestinal parasitology of 50 trapped Arctic fox taken on Banks Island, The Northwest Territories, showed a prevalence of Taenia crassiceps (78%), Toxascaris leonina (60%), Echinococcus multilocularis (2%) and Coccidia (2%). Attention is drawn to the absence of Toxocara sp. and of Uncinaria sp.
D000818:Animals; D001110:Arctic Regions; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology*