| the fox (vulpes vulpes) as a reservoir for canine angiostrongylosis in denmark. field survey and experimental infections. | until recently, angiostrongylus vasorum was not considered to be an endogenous danish parasite, since demonstration of this worm had been confined to necropsy findings in 2 dogs, both of which had visited france. during the last 2 years, however, clinical cases have been diagnosed among a considerable number of danish dogs, none of which had ever been outside denmark. all these cases have occurred north of copenhagen, where an endemic focus seems to exist. in this field survey a. vasorum was fou ... | 1992 | 1488951 |
| a helminthological survey of wild red foxes (vulpes vulpes) from the metropolitan area of copenhagen. | sixty-eight red foxes were collected from the metropolitan area of copenhagen and examined for helminth infections. standard faecal flotations for intestinal parasites gave the following results: strongyle eggs (75.0%), capillaria eggs (36.8%), toxocara eggs (23.5%), taenia eggs (1.5%), and coccidia oocysts (2.9%). gastrointestinal helminths were collected from 21 of the 68 foxes with the following specimens found: uncinaria stenocephala (85.7%), toxocara canis (81.0%), taenia spp. (38.1%), meso ... | 1996 | 8960222 |
| the occurrence of angiostrongylus vasorum in terrestrial slugs from forests and parks in the copenhagen area, denmark. | a total of 298 slugs belonging to four species, arion lusitanicus, a. ater, a. ater rufus and limax maximus, were collected from six different localities within a radius of 30 km from copenhagen and examined for naturally acquired angiostrongylus vasorum infection. overall, 28 slugs (9%) were infected, but the prevalence varied among the studied localities: rude forest (26%), west amager forest (18%), jaegersborg forest and deer park (8%), frederiksberg park (4%), assistens cemetery park (0%) an ... | 2009 | 19460193 |