Investigation of Echinococcus multilocularis in Environmental Definitive Host Feces in the Asian and the European Parts of Turkey

A study was carried out to investigate the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in two regions of Turkey—central Anatolia (in Asia Minor) and Thrace (in the European part of Turkey). A total of 405 putative fox feces were collected from central Anatolia (186 specimens...

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Main Authors: Ali Tümay Gürler, Francesca Gori, Cenk Soner Bölükbas¸, Şinasi Umur, Mustafa Açıcı, Peter Deplazes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
fox
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2018.00048/full