Background Prevalence of Tetracycline-like Fluorescence in Teeth of Free Ranging Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes), Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis) and Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Ontario, Canada

First-stage larvae of Crenosoma petrowi Morozov, 1939 from feces of black bears (Ursus americanus) developed to the third stage in the gastropod Mesodon thyroidus. In snails held at 23.5 °C, the first and second moults occurred on days 6–7 and 9–11, respectively, after infection. The prepatent period of C. petrowi was 19–25 days in five experimentally infected black bears. Both times of first and second moults and the prepatent periods are similar among species of Crenosoma. Crenosoma petrowi did not produce patent infections in, and no nematodes were recovered from, experimentally infected striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis), raccoons (Procyon lotor), or red foxes (Vulpes vulpes).

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Further Studies on the Susceptibility of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) to a Rabies Virus of Skunk Origin and Comparative Susceptibility of Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases ◽

10.7589/0090-3558-29.3.475 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 475-477 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Richard E. Hill ◽

Kirk E. Smith ◽

George W. Beran ◽

Paul D. Beard

Keyword(s):

Rabies Virus ◽

Procyon Lotor ◽

Mephitis Mephitis ◽

Comparative Susceptibility ◽

Striped Skunks

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Survey on viral pathogens in wild red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Germany with emphasis on parvoviruses and analysis of a DNA sequence from a red fox parvovirus

Epidemiology and Infection ◽

10.1017/s0950268898001319 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 121 (2) ◽

pp. 433-440 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

U. TRUYEN ◽

T. MÜLLER ◽

R. HEIDRICH ◽

K. TACKMANN ◽

L. E. CARMICHAEL

Keyword(s):

Dna Sequence ◽

Dna Sequences ◽

Vulpes Vulpes ◽

Red Fox ◽

Canine Parvovirus ◽

Domestic Dog ◽

Interspecies Transmission ◽

Red Foxes ◽

Feline Panleukopenia Virus ◽

Free Ranging

The seroprevalence of canine parvovirus (CPV), canine distemper virus (CDV), canine adenovirus (CAV) and canine herpesvirus (CHV) infections in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) was determined in fox sera collected between 1991 and 1995. A total of 500 sera were selected and the seroprevalences were estimated to be 13% (65 of 500 sera) for CPV, 4·4% (17 of 383 sera) for CDV, 3·5% (17 of 485 sera) for CAV, and 0·4% (2 of 485 sera) for CHV, respectively. No statistically significant differences were observed between the two (rural and suburban) areas under study.Parvovirus DNA sequences were amplified from tissues of free-ranging foxes and compared to those of prototype viruses from dogs and cats. We report here a parvovirus sequence indicative of a true intermediate between the feline panleukopenia virus-like viruses and the canine parvovirus-like viruses. The red fox parvoviral sequence, therefore, appears to represent a link between those viral groups. The DNA sequence together with a significant seroprevalence of parvovirus infections in foxes supports the hypothesis that the sudden emergence of canine parvovirus in the domestic dog population may have involved the interspecies transmission between wild and domestic carnivores.

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