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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 16(2), 1980, pp. 225-228
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Occurrence of (Dirofilaria immitis) in gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in Alabama and Georgia

JM Simmons, WS Nicholson, EP Hill, and DB Briggs


ABSTRACT

The occurrence of Dirofilaria immitis in gray fox (Urocyon cineroargenteus) was determined by gross examination, blood samples, and filtered tissue sediments in a sampling of 149 gray foxes taken from Alabama and Georgia during the 1977-78 trapping season. Microfilariae were not found in blood samples obtained from 24 of these gray foxes. Three of 82 male foxes (3.7%) and 1 of 67 female foxes (1.5%) were infected with heartworm. D. immitis rate of infection was 1 of 19 (5.3%) and 3 of 130 (2.3%), respectively, in juvenile and adult gray foxes. Single sex infections with D. immitis occurred in 4 of the 6 foxes, with a maximum nematode burden of approximately eight. Two other infected foxes were encountered separate from this study.




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