ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM INFECTION IN FOXES (VULPES-VULPES) IN CORNWALL

Authors
SIMPSON VR
Citation
Vr. Simpson, ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM INFECTION IN FOXES (VULPES-VULPES) IN CORNWALL, Veterinary record, 139(18), 1996, pp. 443-445
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary record → ACNP
ISSN journal
00424900
Volume
139
Issue
18
Year of publication
1996
Pages
443 - 445
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-4900(1996)139:18<443:AVIIF(>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A post mortem examination on a young fox which had been observed to be clinically ill revealed a severe infection with Angiostrongylus vasor um. A further II foxes were examined and four were infected with the p arasite; three of these also had advanced lesions of sarcoptic mange. The cases all occurred outside the previously defined focus of endemic infection for dogs In Cornwall and they appear to be the first record ed cases of A vasorum in foxes in the United Kingdom.