Samples (blood or tissue fluid) from 405 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Finnmark, Northern Norway, were assayed for antibodies against T. gondii using the direct agglutination test (DAT). The proportion of seropositive animals was 42.5 %, with no significant relationship between sex and infection. The proportion of seropositives seemed to increase with age, in agreement with findings in previou...

The red fox is a highly adaptable mammal that has established itself world-wide in many different environments. Contributing to its success social structure based on chemical signalling between individuals. Urine scent marking behaviour long been known foxes, but there not recent study of the composition urine. We have used solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry an...