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Oncicola luehei in a wild crab-eating raccoon (procyon cancrivorus) from the brazilian cerrado savanna
Fecha
2020-01-28Registro en:
Journal of Tropical Pathology, v. 48, n. 4, p. 243-248, 2020.
1980-8178
0301-0406
10.5216/RPT.V48I4.61278
2-s2.0-85091479328
Autor
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
UFU
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Institución
Resumen
The occurrence of Oncicola luehei is reported in a road killed crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) near the municipality of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State. The animal was collected as part of a study that monitors wildlife road killing in the Triângulo Mineiro region. In necropsy, a single male acanthocephalan was recovered from the large intestine. The parasite was wrinkled, whitish in color, with a total body length of 15.88mm, globular proboscis (0.71 x 0.81mm) armed with 36 spiraled hooks, long lemniscus (7.30 x 0.81 mm) surpassing the anterior testis. The testes were ellipsoid in shape, disposed in tandem, the anterior measuring 1.44 x 0.53mm and the posterior 1.5 x 0.50mm. At the posterior part of the body, eight cement glands arranged in two rows of four, measuring 0.38 x 0.46 mm each. Based on this, the parasite was classified as Oncicola luehei. This study represents a new host and locality records for the parasite.