title: [Helminth fauna of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes LINNE 1758) in south Sachsen-Anhalt--1: Cestodes].
abstract: 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%).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Parasitologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuschfeldt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stoye
mesh_terms: 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