First report of the nematode Physaloptera praeputialis parasitizing a jaguarandi

Authors

  • Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (CAV/UDESC)
  • Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
  • Anderson Barbosa de Moura Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (CAV/UDESC)
  • Marzia Antonelli Aluna de Graduação, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (CAV/UDESC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/nbc.2014.93.07

Abstract

Physaloptera praeputialis is a ubiquitous nematode with an indirect life cycle which has orthopterans and coleopterans as intermediate hosts, and amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals as definitive hosts. Its adult forms feed on blood and colonize the esophagus, the gastric mucosa, and the small intestine. Although the existence of records at others wild carnivores, this is the first report of P. praeputialis in Puma yagouaroundi, which was picked up dead from a roadkill in Passo dos Fernandes, between Lages and São José do Cerrito, in the highland region of southern Brazil.

Keywords: Spirurida, parasitic helminths, feline, digestive tract, Brazil.

Author Biographies

Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros, Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (CAV/UDESC)

Dra. Profa. de Parasitologia, Departamento de Doenças Parasitárias

Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Pesquisadora, Dra. PhD, Laboratory of Helminthology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Faculdade de Veterinária

Anderson Barbosa de Moura, Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (CAV/UDESC)

Dr. Prof. de Parasitologia, Departamento de Doenças Parasitárias.

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Published

2014-09-24

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2014): September/December

Section

Short Communication

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