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Foxes
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Foxes
- Author: David Couper
- From: BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties
- Item: Chapter 21, pp 260 - 274
- DOI: 10.22233/9781910443316.21
- Copyright: © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Publication Date: December 2016
Abstract
Red foxes are highly resourceful and have an opportunistic diet, which allow them to occupy a wide variety of rural and urban habitats. Common reasons for the presentation of foxes as wildlife casualties include orphaned and abandoned cubs, trauma and sarcoptic mange; red foxes are also a reservoir for several important diseases of humans and domestic animals, including rabies and tapeworm. This chapter covers: ecology and biology; anatomy and physiology; capture, handling and transportation; clinical assessment; first aid and hospitalization; anaesthesia and analgesia; specific conditions; therapeutics; husbandry; rearing of fox cubs; rehabilitation and release; and legal considerations.
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Red fox. © Paul Cecil © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Red fox. © Paul Cecil
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Red fox cub development. (
Baker and Harris, 2008
; dentition eruption patterns from
Linhart, 1968
) © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Red fox cub development. (
Baker and Harris, 2008
; dentition eruption patterns from
Linhart, 1968
)
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Teeth of a young adult red fox. © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Teeth of a young adult red fox.
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Restraint of a red fox. (a) The fox will usually be lying pressed to the floor of a top-opening carrier. (b) A thick towel can be placed over the fox, and the neck area restrained through the towel. (Note: Lesions of sarcoptic mange are evident in this fox.) © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Restraint of a red fox. (a) The fox will usually be lying pressed to the floor of a top-opening carrier. (b) A thick towel can be placed over the fox, and the neck area restrained through the towel. (Note: Lesions of sarcoptic mange are evident in this fox.)
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Hindlimb of red fox damaged by fencing (removed and shown to left). The animal was euthanased on account of this injury. (© Steve Bexton) © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Hindlimb of red fox damaged by fencing (removed and shown to left). The animal was euthanased on account of this injury. (© Steve Bexton)
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Jaundice in a red fox evident on examination of the oral mucosa. © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Jaundice in a red fox evident on examination of the oral mucosa.
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Severe crusting sarcoptic mange on the hindlimb of a red fox. © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Severe crusting sarcoptic mange on the hindlimb of a red fox.
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Red fox lungs showing typical Angiostrongylus vasorum pathology. (© Vic Simpson) © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Red fox lungs showing typical Angiostrongylus vasorum pathology. (© Vic Simpson)
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Hydrocephalus in a red fox cub. © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Hydrocephalus in a red fox cub.