Fig. 1

Mean faecal larval excretion of four groups of red foxes experimentally infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum. Mean (± standard error) first-stage larvae per g of faeces (lpg) from 41 days post-inoculation (p.i.) from foxes (n = 7 in each group) in groups Juv50 (■), Juv200 (▲), Ad50 (□), Ad200 (Δ). Note: Juv, juvenile foxes; Ad, adult foxes; 50/200, animals inoculated with 50 or 200 infective third-stage larvae, respectively