First detection of Trichinella nativa in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Slovenia

Golinar, Irena (author), Gorišek, Maja (author), Posedi, Janez (author)

Trichinella spp. is the zoonotic agent that causes trichinellosis in humans. It is traditionally associated mainly with undercooked meat from susceptible species such as domestic and wild pigs and other wild animals containing Trichinella larvae. In the present study, we investigated the prevalence and species distribution of Trichinella spp. in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Slovenia during the 2020–2021 hunting season. Six hundred and eighty red fox samples were examined and the presence of Trichinella spp. larvae was confirmed in six cases (0.8 %). Using multiplex PCR, T. britovi was detected in five cases and T. nativa in one case. The occurrence of T. nativa on the southern side of the Alps is of great epidemiological importance and raises very important public health issues.

• Language: English
• Keywords: red fox, Trichinella nativa, Trichinella britovi, Slovenia
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: VF - Veterinary Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: 4 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 335, art. 110424
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-167801
• UDC: 578:636.09
• ISSN on article: 1873-2550
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2025.110424
• COBISS.SI-ID: 226931715
• Publication date in RUL: 12.03.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Veterinary parasitology
• Shortened title: Vet. parasitol.
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 1873-2550
• COBISS.SI-ID: 71173891

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P4-0092
• Name: Zdravje živali, okolje in varna hrana

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Funding programme: Administration for Food Safety, Veterinary Sector and Plant Protection