Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Romania are carriers of Toxoplasma gondii but not Neospora caninum

Ovidiu Şuteu; Andrei Daniel Mihalca; Anamaria Ioana Paştiu; Adriana Györke; Ioana Adriana Matei; Angela Ionică; Anamaria Balea; Miruna Oltean; Gianluca D'Amico; Sándor Barabási Sikó; Dan Ionescu; Călin Mircea Gherman; Vasile Cozma

doi:10.7589/2013-07-167

Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Romania are carriers of Toxoplasma gondii but not Neospora caninum

J Wildl Dis. 2014 Jul;50(3):713-6. doi: 10.7589/2013-07-167. Epub 2014 May 7.

Authors

Ovidiu Şuteu¹, Andrei Daniel Mihalca, Anamaria Ioana Paştiu, Adriana Györke, Ioana Adriana Matei, Angela Ionică, Anamaria Balea, Miruna Oltean, Gianluca D'Amico, Sándor Barabási Sikó, Dan Ionescu, Călin Mircea Gherman, Vasile Cozma

Affiliation

¹ 1 Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Mãnãştur Street, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

PMID: 24807364
DOI: 10.7589/2013-07-167

Abstract

Brain samples from 182 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Romania were examined using a standard PCR technique. Results provide evidence of Toxoplasma gondii (11 foxes=6.0%) and Neospora caninum (1 fox=0.5%) DNA in red foxes from Romania. No coinfections were found.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Carrier State / epidemiology
Carrier State / parasitology
Carrier State / veterinary*
Coccidiosis / epidemiology
Coccidiosis / parasitology
Coccidiosis / veterinary*
Foxes*
Neospora / isolation & purification*
Prevalence
Romania / epidemiology
Toxoplasma / isolation & purification*
Toxoplasmosis, Animal / epidemiology
Toxoplasmosis, Animal / parasitology*