title: [Prevalence of E. multilocularis in foxes in Styria taking into consideration biometrical methods].
abstract: The results of a survey covering whole of Styria/Austria, which was based on a biometrical sampling plan, showed the prevalence rate of E. multilocularis among foxes to be 3.6% (18 out of 500 examined foxes). There is however a significant regional difference in the prevalence rate. All 18 infected foxes were found in the North-West of Styria, which results in an estimated proportion of 9% in this region. The study could not reveal any significant difference between male and female foxes concerning the infection rate. The age distribution was 67 percent juvenile foxes (< 1 year) to 33 percent adults. The biometrical methods enable us to determine an exact spatial spread of the parasite and thus makes it possible to find out any potential risk for the population.
authors.affiliation: Tiergesundheitsdienst der Fachabteilung für das Veterinärwesen beim Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung in Graz.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deutz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lassnig
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hinterdorfer
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male