Occurrence of Dirofi laria immitis (Nematoda, Onchocercidae) in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the Suburbs of Kharkiv (Ukraine)

• Published in: Zoodiversity (Vestnik Zoologii)
• Date: 2021
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 5
• ISSN: 2707-7268
• Author Affiliations: P. V. Liulin; Yu. O. Prykhodko; O. V. Mazannyі; H. V. Fedorova; O. V. Nikiforova; D. O. Kryvoruchenko
• Main Authors: Liulin, P. V., Prykhodko, Yu. O., Mazannyі , O. V., Fedorova , H. V., Nikiforova , O. V., Kryvoruchenko , D. O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2021
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/248
• Journal Title: Zoodiversity

Dirofilariasis of animals and humans is a disease caused by nematodes of the genus Dirofilaria (Railliet et Henry, 1911), suborder Filariata (Skrjabin, 1915). The role of wild predators, particularly foxes (Vulpes vulpes) (Linnaeus, 1758) in the distribution of dirofilariasis in the world remains un...