Report of Trichinella spiralis in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Northern Ireland

• Published in: Veterinary parasitology Vol. 159; no. 3-4; pp. 300 - 303
• Main Authors: Zimmer, I.A., Fee, S.A., Spratt-Davison, S., Hunter, S.J., Boughtflower, V.D., Morgan, C.P., Hunt, K.R., Smith, G.C., Abernethy, D., Howell, M., Taylor, M.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 23.02.2009; Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier
• Subjects: animal parasitic nematodes; Animals; disease incidence; disease outbreaks; disease surveillance; Foxes; life cycle (organisms); nematode larvae; Northern Ireland (NI); Northern Ireland - epidemiology; skeletal muscle; Trichinella; Trichinella spiralis; Trichinella spiralis - isolation & purification; Trichinellosis - epidemiology; Trichinellosis - parasitology; Trichinellosis - veterinary; trichinosis; Vulpes vulpes; wildlife; wildlife diseases; Northern Ireland; Trichinella; Foxes; Northern Ireland (NI)

No systematic studies of the occurrence of Trichinella in wildlife have been carried out in Northern Ireland (NI) in recent years, and the last reports of trichinellosis in livestock and human outbreaks in NI date back to 1979 and 1945, respectively. In this study, covering the period 2003/2004 and...