| high prevalence of capillaria plica infections in red foxes (vulpes vulpes) in southern germany. | the nematode capillaria plica is an ubiquitous parasite of the urinary tract of canidae and felidae. it causes a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms, ranging from asymptomatic infections to urinary bladder inflammation, pollacisuria, dysuria, and hematuria. foxes serve as reservoir hosts and are considered to be a potential source of infection for companion and hunting dogs as well as domestic cats which acquire the infection by ingestion of earthworms which are the intermediate hosts. despite it ... | 2010 | 21190041 |
| disappearance rate of praziquantel-containing bait around villages and small towns in southern bavaria, germany. | in recent years, the red fox (vulpes vulpes) has increasingly occupied urban areas in central europe. meanwhile, prevalence of infection in foxes with the small fox tapeworm (echinococcus multilocularis) has increased, thereby increasing the human risk of infection with the parasite, which causes alveolar echinococcosis. baiting strategies to counteract e. multilocularis have been implemented in cities and the open countryside, but there are few data on the situation in villages and small towns ... | 2011 | 21441190 |
| optimising spring oral vaccination campaigns of foxes against rabies. | to optimise spring vaccination campaigns the following set of data has been analysed; (i) population dynamics of the red fox, (ii) onset and progress of the reproductive season, and (iii) maternal immunity and the immune response of fox cubs to oral vaccination. the field data originated from foxes caught in bavaria, germany. the results of our analysis clearly demonstrate that certain periods during spring are less suitable for bait distribution. if the objective of a vaccination campaign is to ... | 2001 | 11367882 |