Gastrointestinal parasites of two populations of Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from north-east Greenland

Figures & data

Table 1. Faecal occurrence % (95% confidence interval) of endoparasitic helminthic eggs and larval stages (only for Strongyloides-like larvae) present in 275 faecal samples from Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) collected at two localities in north-east Greenland during two-three consecutive years.

	Zackenberg Valley			Karupelv Valley
Species	2006 (n = 95)	2007 (n = 25)	2008 (n = 104)	2006 (n = 33)	2007 (n = 18)
Cestodea
Taeniidae^a	0	12.0	13.5	9.1	0
	(0–3.81)	(2.6–31.2)	(7.6–21.6)	(1.9–24.3)	(0–18.5)
Nematoda
Toxascaris leonina	24.2	56.0	56.7	42.42	27.8
	(16.0–34.1)	(34.9–75.6)	(46.7–66.4)	(25.5–60.8)	(9.7–53.5)
Other Ascarididae	4.2	4.0	3.9	12.1	5.6
	(1.2–10.4)	(0.1–20.4)	(1.1–9.6)	(3.4–28.2)	(0.1–27.3)
Eucoleus boehmi	0	0	0	3.0	0
	(0–3.8)	(0–13.7)	(0–3.5)	(0.1–15.8)	(0–18.5)
Physalopteridae	3.2	0	0	3.0	0
	(0.7–9.0)	(0–13.7)	(0–3.5)	(0.1–15.8)	(0–18.5)
Ancylostomatidae	0	4.0	2.9	0	0
	(0–3.8)	(0.1–20.4)	(0.6–8.2)	(0–10.6)	(0–18.5)
Strongyloides-like larvae	2.1	0	0	0	0
	(0.3–7.40)	(0–13.7)	(0–3.5)	(0–10.6)	(0–18.5)

^aIn some of the samples, molecular typing of taeniid eggs revealed presence of Taenia crassiceps or T. serialis.