Trichinella spiralis in road-killed raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in western Poland.
Trichinellosis is still one of the most important food-borne parasitic zoonoses and is considered as a threat to public health worldwide. The aim of this study was to use genotyping techniques to determine the prevalence of Trichinella species in wild raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in western Poland. The infection rate in raccoon dogs was 0.8%. All infections were due to T. spiralis.
Department of Invertebrates, Fondation faune-flore, National Museum of Natural History, 25 rue Münster, L-2160 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Natalia
N
Osten-Sacken
Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine I, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.
Piotr
P
Solarczyk
D000818:Animals; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D046031:Raccoon Dogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D017160:Trichinella spiralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*