Table 3.
Results of faeces examination of red foxes in different regions of Poland
| Overall (all regions) (n = 344) |
South-East (n = 140) |
North (n = 92) |
North-East (n = 112) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trematoda | % Pos (95% CI) | 43.3 (38.2–48.6) |
7.9 (4.5–13.5) |
62.0 (51.8–71.2) |
72.3 (63.4–79.8) |
| EPG (CV%) | 917.4 (249.6) |
37.3 (95.0) |
754.0 (210.7) |
1154.0 (241.8) |
|
| Taeniidae | % Pos (95% CI) | 11.3 (8.4–15.1) |
14.3 (9.5–21.0) |
2.2 (0.6–7.6) |
15.2 (9.7–23.0) |
| EPG (CV%) | 800.0 (298.9) |
1244.3 (261.1) |
115.0 (79.9) |
331.8 (131.9) |
|
| Mesocestoides spp. | % Pos (95% CI) | 3.5 (2.0–6.0) |
2.1 (0.7–6.1) |
6.5 (3.0–13.5) |
2.7 (0.9–7.6) |
| EPG (CV%) | 668.8 (182.0) |
1,400.0 (92.9) |
599.0 (237.3) |
69.0 (106.3) |
|
| Toxocara spp. | % Pos (95% CI) | 25.0 (20.7–29.8) |
20.0 (14.2–27.4) |
22.8 (15.5–32.4) |
33.0 (25.0–42.2) |
| EPG (CV%) | 321.9 (146.9) |
344.4 (149.5) |
341.9 (139.0) |
289.4 (152.2) |
|
| Toxascaris leonina | % Pos (95% CI) | 5.2 (3.3–8.1) |
8.6 (5.0–14.4) |
0.0 (0.0–4.0) |
5.4 (2.5–11.2) |
| EPG (CV%) | 348.2 (109.0) |
527.0 (109.3) |
– | 199.2 (76.6) |
|
| Hookworms | % Pos (95% CI) | 15.4 (12.0–19.6) |
10.0 (6.1–16.1) |
30.4 (22.0–40.5) |
9.8 (5.6–16.7) |
| EPG (CV%) | 276.6 (336.2) |
577.6 (301.8) |
209.5 (172.7) |
64.1 (95.3) |
|
| Trichuris vulpis | % Pos (95% CI) | 1.7 (0. 8–3.8) |
0.7 (0.1–3.9) |
4.3 (1.7–10.7) |
0.9 (0.2–4.9) |
| EPG (CV%) | 128.1 (102.7) |
88.3 (77.3) |
90.0 (106.3) |
400.0 | |
| Capillaria a | % Pos (95% CI) | 76.2 (71.4–80.4) |
65.7 (57.5–73.1) |
84.8 (76.1–90.7) |
82.1 (74.0–88.1) |
| EPG (CV%) | 810.7 (230.6) |
372.8 (186.0) |
1,250.8 (231.4) |
864.7 (164.2) |
|
| Coccidia | % Pos (95% CI) | 7.6 (5.2–11.0) |
10. 0 (6.1–16.1) |
4.3 (1.7–10.7) |
7.1 (3.7–13.5) |
| OPG (CV%) | 9785.6 (455.4) |
17,283.6 (351.2) |
271.5 (139.5) |
1420.6 (172.7) |
|
aBecause of the lack of Capillaria worms in the intestines it should be classified as Eucoleus aerophilus (syn. Capillaria aerophila)
Abbreviations: % Pos. percentage of positive samples, EPG eggs per gram, OPG oocysts per gram, CV coefficient of variation, CI confidence interval