Gastrointestinal parasites of arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and sibling voles (Microtus levis) in Spitsbergen, Svalbar

0520261 - BC 2020 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Myšková, E. - Broz, M. - Füglein, E. - Kvičerová, J. - Mácová, A. - Sak, Bohumil - Kváč, Martin - Ditrich, Oleg
Gastrointestinal parasites of arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and sibling voles (Microtus levis) in Spitsbergen, Svalbar.
Parasitology Research. Roč. 118, č. 12 (2019), s. 3409-3418. ISSN 0932-0113. E-ISSN 1432-1955
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : alopex-lagopus * echinococcus-multilocularis * encephalitozoon-cuniculi * enterocytozoon-bieneusi * polyarteritis nodosa * intestinal parasites * toxoplasma-gondii * neospora-caninum * spp. * identification * Parasites * Svalbard * Arctic fox * Sibling vole * Coprology
OECD category: Veterinary science
Impact factor: 1.641, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00436-019-06502-8.pdf

The arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), an apex predator with an omnipresent distribution in the Arctic, is a potential source of intestinal parasites that may endanger people and pet animals such as dogs, thus posing a health risk. Non-invasive methods, such as coprology, are often the only option when studying wildlife parasitic fauna. However, the detection and identification of parasites are significantly enhanced when used in combination with methods of molecular biology. Using both approaches, we identified unicellular and multicellular parasites in faeces of arctic foxes and carcasses of sibling voles (Microtus levis) in Svalbard, where molecular methods are used for the first time. Six new species were detected in the arctic fox in Svalbard, Eucoleus aerophilus, Uncinaria stenocephala, Toxocara canis, Trichuris vulpis, Eimeria spp., and Enterocytozoon bieneusi, the latter never found in the arctic fox species before. In addition, only one parasite was found in the sibling vole in Svalbard, the Cryptosporidium alticolis, which has never been detected in Svalbard before.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0304966