Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária (Jun 2013)

Trypanoxyuris (Paraoxyuronema)lagothricis (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) in Lagothrix cana (Primates: Atelidae) from Brazil

  • Hudson Alves Pinto,
  • Francisco Carlos Ferreira Junior,
  • Vitor Luís Tenório Mati,
  • Alan Lane de Melo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-29612013005000021
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 2
pp. 307 – 311

Abstract

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During necropsy of a specimen of Lagothrix cana (É. Geoffroy, 1812) (Primates: Atelidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, pinworms were found in the large intestine. The intensity of infection was 64 parasites (17 males and 47 females) and there were no gross pathological changes related to parasitism. After morphological analysis the parasites were identified asTrypanoxyuris (Paraoxyuronema)lagothricis (Buckley, 1931) (Nematoda: Oxyuridae). This is the first record of this oxyurid species in primates in Brazil.

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