Screening van de prevalentie van de Vossenlintworm (Echinococcus multilocularis) in de Muskusrat (Ondatra zibethicus) in Vlaanderen: Screening op de aanwezigheid van cysten in muskusratten gevangen in kader van bestrijding in 2022

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Abstract

Since 2009, all muskrats collected by VMM controllers are examined by the INBO. In 2022, only 25 (0.59%) of the 4,203 muskrats examined were infected with fox tapeworm. For Flanders, 10 infections were found out of a total of 2,937 muskrats examined. At 0.34%, this is a significantly lower prevalence than in the period 2008-2017. In Wallonia, this prevalence was still significantly higher and 15 out of 398 (3.77%) muskrats surveyed were infected. Thus, there has been no spread of fox tapeworm from Wallonia to Flanders. Keeping the muskrat population low in Flanders probably plays an important role in this.
Original languageDutch
PublisherInstituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek
Number of pages15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Publication series

NameRapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek
No.14

Thematic List 2020

  • Data & infrastructure

Thematic list

  • Invasive species (fauna management)
  • Invasive species control
  • Mammals
  • Invasive species (management)
  • Invasive species (damage management)
  • Rat extermination

EWI Biomedical sciences

  • B280-animal-ecology
  • B510-infections

Taxonomic list

  • mammals (Mammalia)
  • rodents (Rodentia)
  • flatworms (Platyhelminthes)

Policy

  • invasive alien species regulation (EU)
  • fauna management

Geographic list

  • Flanders

Technological

  • fieldwork (observations and sampling)

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