Understanding the relationship between disease transmission and host density is essential for predicting disease spread and control. Using long-term data on sarcoptic mange in a red fox Vulpes vulpes population, we tested long-held assumptions of density- and frequency-dependent direct disease transmission. We also assessed the role of indirect transmission. Contrary to assumptions typical of e...

Abstract Background Previously, twelve Rickettsia species were identified in ticks, fleas, sheep keds ( Melophagus ovinus ), bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus ) and a tick-bitten patient the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) northwestern China. Here we aimed to molecularly detect rickettsial agents red fox Vulpes vulpes marbled polecat Vormela peregusna their ticks. Methods During 2018–2019,...

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) has the widest global distribution among terrestrial carnivore species and is an important reservoir for a range of parasites. Investigations on parasitic fauna foxes have intensified in recent years Serbia, resulting detection some parasites that not been recorded before. Within Programme Control Eradication Rabies from January to March 2019, 52 legally hunted we...

Dirofilariasis of animals and humans is a disease caused by nematodes the genus Dirofilaria (Railliet et Henry, 1911). The role wild predators, particularly red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Linnaeus, 1758) in distribution pathogen world remains unclear. We studied occurrence immitis (Leidy, 1856) population fox. Twenty-seven foxes were examined during winter hunting season 2019–2020 Dergachi district, ...

Little is known about how predator recognition develops under natural conditions. Predispositions to respond to some stimuli preferentially are likely to interact with the effects of experience. Convergent evidence from several studies suggests that predator-nai;ve tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii) have some ability to respond to vertebrate predators differently from non-predators and that an...