[Helminth fauna of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes LINNE 1758) in south Sachsen-Anhalt--1: Cestodes].
Between January 1993 and November 1994 a total of 1300 red foxes from the administrative districts Halle and Dessau were examined for the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis and other cestodes. Echinococcus multilocularis-infections were detected in only 4 of 1300 (0.3%) foxes. Furthermore the following cestodes were found: Mesocestoides spp. (54.1%), Taenia crassiceps (17.7%), Taenia polyacantha (11.9%), Hydatigera taeniaeformis (0.2%), Taenia serialis (0.15%), Taenia pisiformis (0.15%), not determinable taeniids (9.2%), Dipylidium caninum (0.2%) and Hymenolepis spp. (0.08%).
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Institut für Parasitologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
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D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005843:Geography; D005858:Germany; D006926:Hymenolepis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012621:Seasons; D013621:Taenia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification