@article{article,
title = {Spreading of multilocular echinococcosis in southern Europe: 5 the first record in foxes and jackals in Serbia, Vojvodina Province},
author = {Dušan Lalošević and Vesna Lalošević and Verica Simin and Milan Miljević and Borislav Čabrilo and Olivera Bjelić Čabrilo},
url = {https://www.pasterovzavod.rs/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Lalosevic-D.-et-al_Spreading-of-echinococcosis_Author-uncorrected.pdf},
doi = {10.1007/s10344-016-1050-9},
issn = {1612-4642},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-09-13},
journal = {European Journal of Wildlife Research},
volume = {62},
number = {6},
pages = {793-796},
abstract = {Foxes and jackals from the Vojvodina Province of Serbia were examined for the presence of echinococcosis. Animals were collected as part of routine rabies monitoring and autopsied; their intestines were checked for parasites. Out of 112 examined foxes, echinococcosis was found in 20 (17.9 %); of 28 examined jackals, 4 were infected (14.3 %). Morphological analysis confirmed the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis. This is the first record of E. multilocularis in foxes or other carnivorous mammals in Serbia.},
keywords = {carnivores, echinococcosis, Echinococcus multilocularis Search subject for Echinococcus multilocularis, foxes, intestines, jackals, monitoring, parasites, Rabies, Serbia, Southern European region},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Foxes and jackals from the Vojvodina Province of Serbia were examined for the presence of echinococcosis. Animals were collected as part of routine rabies monitoring and autopsied; their intestines were checked for parasites. Out of 112 examined foxes, echinococcosis was found in 20 (17.9 %); of 28 examined jackals, 4 were infected (14.3 %). Morphological analysis confirmed the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis. This is the first record of E. multilocularis in foxes or other carnivorous mammals in Serbia.