A Pilot Study on Deworming Wild Foxes for Echinococcus spp. in Qinghai, China

Background: Wild foxes play an important role in echinococcosis epidemics. There have been a few studies investigating Echinococcus spp. in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area, China, but none on the prevention and control of Echinococcus spp. in wild foxes. Methods: From 2016 March through December 2...

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Autores principales:	Zhihong Guo, Hong Duo, Xueyong Zhang, Yijuan Ma, Xiuying Shen, Yong Fu
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Publicado:	Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021
Materias:	echinococcus multilocularis wild foxes prevention and control qinghai-tibet plateau area Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b9b6c95acba34c1aa1506a69275c38092021-11-29T07:18:54ZA Pilot Study on Deworming Wild Foxes for Echinococcus spp. in Qinghai, China1735-70202008-238Xhttps://doaj.org/article/b9b6c95acba34c1aa1506a69275c38092021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/3105https://doaj.org/toc/1735-7020https://doaj.org/toc/2008-238XBackground: Wild foxes play an important role in echinococcosis epidemics. There have been a few studies investigating Echinococcus spp. in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area, China, but none on the prevention and control of Echinococcus spp. in wild foxes. Methods: From 2016 March through December 2019, two wild fox dens were selected as two test sites based on prior long-term camera screening and observation. Anthelmintic praziquantel tablets were placed near the two dens of wild foxes, and the wild foxes freely consumed the anthelmintic drugs. Morphological methods were used to detect initially the parasite species, and PCR molecular methods were used to identify accurately parasite and host species. Results: Parasite eggs of E. multilocularis (2/11, 18.2%) were found in 11 fecal samples. Importantly, the eggs of E. multilocularis (1/21, 4.8%) were found again in the feces of the foxes one year later; moreover, the eggs of E. multilocularis (2/19, 10.5%) still existed in the feces of the foxes two years later. Conclusion: Wild foxes were repeatedly infected with E. multilocularis and that deworming for prevention and control is required at least twice per year. Prevention and control methods for echinococcosis in wild foxes were explored, providing a scientific basis for the prevention and control of echinococcosis in wild animals.Zhihong GuoHong DuoXueyong ZhangYijuan MaXiuying ShenYong FuTehran University of Medical Sciencesarticleechinococcus multiloculariswild foxesprevention and controlqinghai-tibet plateau areaInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENIranian Journal of Parasitology, Vol 16, Iss 4, Pp 672-677 (2021)
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topic	echinococcus multilocularis wild foxes prevention and control qinghai-tibet plateau area Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
spellingShingle	echinococcus multilocularis wild foxes prevention and control qinghai-tibet plateau area Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Zhihong Guo Hong Duo Xueyong Zhang Yijuan Ma Xiuying Shen Yong Fu A Pilot Study on Deworming Wild Foxes for Echinococcus spp. in Qinghai, China
description	Background: Wild foxes play an important role in echinococcosis epidemics. There have been a few studies investigating Echinococcus spp. in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area, China, but none on the prevention and control of Echinococcus spp. in wild foxes. Methods: From 2016 March through December 2019, two wild fox dens were selected as two test sites based on prior long-term camera screening and observation. Anthelmintic praziquantel tablets were placed near the two dens of wild foxes, and the wild foxes freely consumed the anthelmintic drugs. Morphological methods were used to detect initially the parasite species, and PCR molecular methods were used to identify accurately parasite and host species. Results: Parasite eggs of E. multilocularis (2/11, 18.2%) were found in 11 fecal samples. Importantly, the eggs of E. multilocularis (1/21, 4.8%) were found again in the feces of the foxes one year later; moreover, the eggs of E. multilocularis (2/19, 10.5%) still existed in the feces of the foxes two years later. Conclusion: Wild foxes were repeatedly infected with E. multilocularis and that deworming for prevention and control is required at least twice per year. Prevention and control methods for echinococcosis in wild foxes were explored, providing a scientific basis for the prevention and control of echinococcosis in wild animals.
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author	Zhihong Guo Hong Duo Xueyong Zhang Yijuan Ma Xiuying Shen Yong Fu
author_facet	Zhihong Guo Hong Duo Xueyong Zhang Yijuan Ma Xiuying Shen Yong Fu
author_sort	Zhihong Guo
title	A Pilot Study on Deworming Wild Foxes for Echinococcus spp. in Qinghai, China
title_short	A Pilot Study on Deworming Wild Foxes for Echinococcus spp. in Qinghai, China
title_full	A Pilot Study on Deworming Wild Foxes for Echinococcus spp. in Qinghai, China
title_fullStr	A Pilot Study on Deworming Wild Foxes for Echinococcus spp. in Qinghai, China
title_full_unstemmed	A Pilot Study on Deworming Wild Foxes for Echinococcus spp. in Qinghai, China
title_sort	pilot study on deworming wild foxes for echinococcus spp. in qinghai, china
publisher	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b9b6c95acba34c1aa1506a69275c3809
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A Pilot Study on Deworming Wild Foxes for Echinococcus spp. in Qinghai, China

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