Journal
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
Volume 117, Issue 2, Pages 521-530Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-017-5728-z
Keywords
Red fox; Lungworms; Angiostrongylus; Crenosoma; Environmental factors; GIS
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- Slovak Research and Development Agency [APVV-15-0114]
- Science Grant Agency VEGA [2/0018/16]
- project Application Centre for Protection of Humans, Animals and Plants against Parasites - Research & Development Operational Programme - European Regional Development Fund [ITMS: 26220220018]
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Over a period of intervening years, the distribution of two canine cardiopulmonary metastrongylid nematodes, Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis, has been recognised in Central Europe. Here, we report the first epidemiological research conducted in red foxes from Slovakia and the potential influence of selected environmental variables on the parasites' occurrence, quantified by logistic regression. The environmental models revealed that distribution of C. vulpis is not significantly influenced by any environmental variables, and the parasite is present in the whole area under study. Models for A. vasorum revealed some weak influence of environmental variables, as it tends to occur in drier areas with lower proportion of forest. Moreover, A. vasorum shows a typical spatial clustering and occurs in endemic foci identified mainly in the eastern part of Slovakia. A cluster of A. vasorum infection foci was also found in the north-eastern region, where the average winter air temperature regularly falls below - 10 A degrees C.
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