Publications

survey for trichinella spp. in red foxes (vulpes vulpes) in belgium.	concurrently with a survey for echinococcus multilocularis in the red fox (vulpes vulpes) in flanders, northern belgium, serological and parasitological analyses for trichinella spp. were carried out from 1996 to 1999. muscle samples from foxes in wallonia, southern belgium, were obtained during a survey for rabies and alveolar echinococcosis from 1998 to 2000. in muscle samples from tongue, diaphragm, hindlegs and tail of 179 flemish foxes no larvae were found by trichinoscopy. serum and muscle ...	2002	11751003
no emergence of echinococcus multilocularis in foxes in flanders and brussels anno 2007-2008.	echinococcus multilocularis is highly endemic in red foxes in southern belgium (region of wallonia), especially in the higher located forested areas. the north of belgium, including the regions of flanders and brussels, is more urbanized and has been colonized entirely by red foxes since the 1980s. a temperospatial analysis of compiled epidemiological data from 1996 to 2003 predicted a northwest spread of the cestode from wallonia and the netherlands towards flanders and brussels (prev. vet. med ...	2010	20163572