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 language | Dutch |
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| Publisher | Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek |
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| Number of pages | 15 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Publication series
| Name | Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek |
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| No. | 14 |
Thematic List 2020
- Data & infrastructure
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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