Parasite infestations and infections of non-traditional pets and wild mammals: diagnosis and treatment.

IF 1.3 4区农林科学 Q2 Veterinary

Revista Brasileira De Parasitologia Veterinaria Pub Date : 2024-12-13 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1590/S1984-29612024074

Raphael Vieira Ramos, Tiago Manuel Fernandes Mendes, Estevam Lux Hoppe, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Marlene Tiduko Ueta, Silmara Marques Allegretti

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Abstract

Little is known about parasites in wild mammals kept as pets. For this study, fecal and skin/fur samples and ectoparasites from 55 wild and pet mammals attended at a veterinary clinic were evaluated. Opossums (Didelphis albiventris and Didelphis aurita) were parasitized by helminths (Aspidodera sp., Cruzia tentaculata, Trichuris sp., Turgida turgida and Acanthocephala gen. sp.), screw-worm fly larvae (Cochliomyia hominivorax), ticks (Amblyomma dubitatum and Amblyomma sculptum) and fleas (Ctenocephalides felis). Hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris) were parasitized by mites (Caparinia tripilis), capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) by ticks (A. dubitatum and A. sculptum), a ferret (Mustela putorius furo) by fleas (C. felis), an orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) by screw-worm fly larvae (C. hominivorax) and another for ticks (Amblyomma longirostre). Overall, mites were found only in pet animals and helminths were found only in wild animals. Infestation by Caparinia tripilis was only found in animals with concomitant illness or stress. Cruzia tentaculata actively exited its opossum host by passing through the animal's anus as its clinical condition worsened.

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Revista Brasileira De Parasitologia Veterinaria PARASITOLOGY-VETERINARY SCIENCES

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2.60

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： La revista es un órgano de difusión del Colegio Brasileño de Parasitología Veterinaria, con una especificidad dentro de esa área, la difusión de los resultados de la investigación brasileña en las áreas de Helmintología, Protozoología, Entomología y agentes transmitidos por artrópodos, relacionados con la salud animal.