5/2/2023 0 Comments Carnivores far northContinued urbanization of Serbian cities, with the extension of urban belts into the suburbia and recreational (“weekend”) settlements, lead to a closer contact of street dogs and owned dogs with foxes, which results in a significant change in the parasitic fauna of dogs. Oral vaccination of foxes against rabies, regulated in Serbia by appropriate laws since 2010, has led to an increased number of foxes and rise of prevalence of the parasitic diseases for which foxes represent the infection source/reservoir. This tendency has become especially conspicuous in the last several years characterized by warm winters and very hot summers due to global warming effects, with abundant atmospheric precipitation. It is thought that the reason for such an epizootiological situation is increased presence of owners with their pet animals in the regions endemic for particular zoonotic helminthoses during summer holidays and touristic visits. The prevalence of the existing parasitic species has varied significantly, showing an increasing tendency, and some parasitic species not present before in this epizootiologic territory have been diagnosed as well. ![]() In the last decade, as the result of climate changes, there have been considerable changes in the parasitofauna of domestic and wild carnivores.
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