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Intestinal parasites of the grey fox (Pseudalopex culpaeus) in the central Peruvian Andes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

P.L. Moro ,
J. Ballarta ,
R.H. Gilman ,
G. Leguia ,
M. Rojas  and
G. Montes
P.L. Moro
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Univesidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
J. Ballarta
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
R.H. Gilman*
Affiliation:
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 31205USA
G. Leguia
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
M. Rojas
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
G. Montes
Affiliation:
Servicio Veterinario, Tupac Amaru, Junin, Peru
*
*Fax: 410 614 6060 E-mail: rgilman@jhsph.edu
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Abstract

The intestines of 20 grey Peruvian foxes (Pseudalopex culpaeus) were examined for the presence of Echinococcus granulosus and other intestinal parasites. Echinococcus granulosus was not found in foxes but Taenia hydatigena and T. multiceps were found in 7 and 4 animals respectively. The grey fox may not be a suitable definitive host for E. granulosus. However, it may act as a sylvatic reservoir of T. hydatigena and T. multiceps in the central Peruvian Andes.

Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , March 1998 , pp. 87 - 89
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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