Angiostrongylus vasorum in red foxes and badgers in Italy

Badgerland online shop
Click here to buy our badger booklets, field guides, posters, PowerPoint presentations  and Teaching Kits!

Journal

Hystri, Volume 20, Number 2, 2010, pp. 1-1(1)

Authors

Marta Magi; Lisa Guardone; Matteo Dell'omodarme; Maria Prati; Walter Mignone; Beatrice Torracca; Gianfranca Monni; Fabio Macchioni

Abstract

During 2004-2005 and 2007-2008, 189 foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and 6 badgers (Meles meles) were collected in different areas of Central Northern Italy (Piedmont, Liguria and Tuscany) and examined for Angiostrongylus vasorum infection. The prevalence of the infection was significantly different in the areas considered, with the highest values in the district of Imperia (80%, Liguria) and in Montezemolo (70%, southern Piedmont; the prevalence in Tuscany was 7%. One badger collected in the area of Imperia turned out to be infected, representing the first report of the parasite in this species in Italy. Further studies are needed to evaluate the role played by fox populations as reservoirs of infection and the probability of its spreading to domestic dogs.

Keywords

-

Web site

• https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/doaj/03941914/2010/00000020/00000002/art00001

Badger by Tim Roper
This reference work is packed with detail about the badger - great for studious readers - there is no better book in print.  Click here to buy: Paperback edition or Hardback edition Kindle edition