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HELMINTOS OXIURIDAE PARASITOS DE IGUANA IGUANA (SQUAMATA, LACERTILIA, IGUANIDAE) PROCEDENTES DO BRASIL
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Oxiuridae helminths parasites of Iguana iguana (Squamata, Lacertilia, Iguanidae) in BrazilAffilliation
Centro Universitário IBMR. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Centro Universitário IBMR. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Instituto Estadual do Ambiente. Centro de Primatologia. Guapimirim, RJ, Brasil / Centro Universitário Plínio Leite. Itaboraí, RJ, Brasil.
Centro Universitário Plínio Leite. Itaboraí, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonozes em Animais Domésticos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Centro Universitário IBMR. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Instituto Estadual do Ambiente. Centro de Primatologia. Guapimirim, RJ, Brasil / Centro Universitário Plínio Leite. Itaboraí, RJ, Brasil.
Centro Universitário Plínio Leite. Itaboraí, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonozes em Animais Domésticos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
The results of a study on nematode fauna occurring in wild iguanas (Iguana iguana) from Brazilian Northeast
(Alagoas and Maranhão) and Central-west (Goiás and Mato Grosso) areas were presented. Six adult iguanas,
three males and three females, were necropsied and the digestive system removed to examination. All the
iguana specimens were heavily parasitized. The helminths diagnosed were: Ozolaimus cirratus in the cecum
and colon of five iguanas; Ozolaimus megatyphlon in cecum, colon and rectum of three iguanas; and Alaeuris
vogelsangi in the small intestine, cecum, colon and rectum of five animals. Two larvae of Ozolaimus sp. were
recovered from the pyloric region of the stomach of one iguana. The three diagnosed species of nematodes
were reported for the first time in the Brazilian Central-West region.
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