Predictive factors for flea occurrence in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from semi-arid Mediterranean environments.
Med Vet Entomol
; 37(1): 86-95, 2023 03.
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ABSTRACT
The role of red fox as host for a wide range of parasites, particularly fleas and other arthropods causing vector-borne diseases, in combination with its capability to adapt to anthropized environments, makes this wild canid an epidemiologically remarkable species at the wildlife-domestic-human interface, especially in the present time of rise of emerging and re-emerging diseases. This study evaluated the prevalence and parasite intensity of fleas in 88 foxes from Murcia Region (Southeastern Spain) and determined the geographic distribution of areas with the highest potential risk of flea presence. Pulex irritans, Ctenocephalides felis, Spilopsyllus cuniculi and Nosopsyllus fasciatus were identified. The overall prevalence was 76.13%. This is the first time that N. fasciatus has been reported in foxes from Murcia Region. The predictive model established a certain pattern to determine the areas with the highest risk of acquiring fleas. Positive correlation of daily potential evapotranspiration (ET0 ) in winter and the opposite effect occurring for ET0 in summer were obtained, as well as positive correlations for mean daily temperature (Tmean ) in summer and mean precipitation (Pmean ) in winter and summer. The model was also found positively correlated in the forest habitat ecotone areas and the anthropized areas.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ctenocephalides
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Infestações por Pulgas
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Sifonápteros
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Vet Entomol
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article