Table 1. Fox species necropsied and their intestinal helminths at four counties in Qinghai province.
| County | Fox speciesa) | No. necropsied | No. foxes harboring parasite
speciesa) (range of No. parasites per fox) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mes. lit. | Tox. leo. | Ala. ala. | Ech. mul. | Ech. shi. | Tae. cra. | Tae. mul. | Tae. pis. | |||
| Haiyan | Vul. vul. | 19 | 11 (3-1,430) | 8 (2-20) | 3 (17-52) | 1 (116) | 0 | 2 (1-8) | 0 | 1 (1) |
| Vul. fer. | 2 | 1(87) | 1(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | |
| Gangcha | Vul. vul. | 4 | 1(4) | 2 (12-179) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) |
| Vul. fer. | 1 | 0 | 1 (12) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | |
| Guinan | Vul. vul. | 4 | 4 (4-654) | 2 (3-15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vul. fer. | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Chengduo | Vul. vul. | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Vul. fer. | 6 | 6 (19-96) | 4 (4-34) | 0 | 0 | 3 (833 – 1,640) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | |
| Total | Vul. vul. | 27 | 16 (3-1,430) | 12 (2-179) | 3 (17-52) | 1 (116) | 0 | 2 (1-8) | 0 | 2 (1-3) |
| Vul. fer. | 9 | 7 (19-96) | 6 (4-34) | 0 | 0 | 3 (833 – 1,640) | 1 (3) | 2 (1-3) | 1 (2) | |
a) Vul. vul.: Vulpes vulpes, Vul. fer.: Vulpes ferrilata, Mes. lit.: Mesocestoides litteratus, Tox. leo.: Toxascaris leonina, Ala. ala.: Alaria alata, Ech. mul.: Echinococcus multilocularis, Ech. shi.: Echinococcus shiquicus, Tae. cra.: Taenia crassiceps, Tae. mul.: Taenia multiceps, Tae. pis.: Taenia pisiformis. NA: Not applicable.