title: Epidemiological studies on intestinal helminth parasites of the patagonian grey fox (Pseudalopex griseus) in Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia Argentina.
abstract: The present work was performed to study the intestinal helminths of the patagonian grey fox (Pseudalopex griseus) and to obtain information about its possible role in the sylvatic life cycle of Echinococcu granulosus in Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia Argentina. Eighty-one foxes were captured and subject to post-mortem analysis. Thirty-one foxes (38.3%) harboured helminths. A total of six helminth species were recovered. Only one adult of E. granulosus was found in the studied samples. The current study is the first report of the intestinal helminths of the patagonian grey fox in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina and showed that this specie is probably not an important reservoir host for E. granulosus.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Control de Hidatidosis y Zoonosis de Tierra del Fuego, Río Grande, Argentina. zaninif@speedy.com.ar
authors.forename: Fabián
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zanini
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laferrara
authors.forename: Matías
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bitsch
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Maria Celina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Elissondo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology*; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male