Publication: Predictive factors for flea occurrence in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from semi-arid Mediterranean environments
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Date
2022-09-20
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Pérez, R. ; Pérez Cutillas, Pedro ; Muñoz Hernández, Clara ; Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío ; Escribano, F. ; Martínez Carrasco-Pleite, Carlos ; Gonzálvez Juan, Moisés ; Arcenillas Hernández, Irene
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Wiley
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https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12611
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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© 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH. This document is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
This document is accepted version of a published Work that appeared in final form in Medical and Veterinary Entomology. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14393
Abstract
The role of red fox as host for a wide range of parasites, particularly fleas and other arthropods causing vector-borne diseases, in combination with its capability to adapt to anthropized environments, makes this wild canid an epidemiologically remarkable species at the wildlife–domestic–human interface, especially in the present time of rise of emerging and re-emerging diseases. This study evaluated the prevalence and parasite intensity of fleas in 88 foxes from Murcia Region (Southeastern Spain) and determined the geographic distribution of areas with the highest potential risk of flea presence. Pulex irritans, Ctenocephalides felis, Spilopsyllus cuniculi and Nosopsyllus fasciatus were identified. The overall prevalence was 76.13%. This is the first time that N. fasciatus has been reported in foxes from Murcia Region. The predictive model established a certain pattern to determine the areas with the highest risk of acquiring fleas. Positive correlation of daily potential evapotranspiration (ET0) in winter and the opposite effect occurring for ET0 in summer were obtained, as well as positive correlations for mean daily temperature (Tmean) in summer and mean precipitation (Pmean) in winter and summer. The model
was also found positively correlated in the forest habitat ecotone areas and the anthropized areas
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