Oncicola luehei IN A WILD CRAB-EATING RACCOON (Procyon cancrivorus) FROM THE BRAZILIAN CERRADO SAVANNA

Authors

  • Wilson Junior Oliveira Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV), Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
  • Andre Luiz Quagliatto Santos Laboratório de Pesquisa em Animais Silvestres, FMV, UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
  • Wilson Viotto de Souza Laboratório de Pesquisa em Animais Silvestres, FMV, UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
  • Ana Elizabeth Iannini Custódio Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas, UFU, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
  • Estevam Guilherme Lux-Hoppe Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil.
  • Fernanda Rosalinski-Moraes Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (FMV), Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, MG, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v48i4.61278

Abstract

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.
KEY WORDS: Helminthology; Acanthocephala; wildlife; road killing; Brazil.

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Published

2020-01-28

How to Cite

OLIVEIRA, W. J.; LUIZ QUAGLIATTO SANTOS, A.; VIOTTO DE SOUZA, W.; ELIZABETH IANNINI CUSTÓDIO, A.; GUILHERME LUX-HOPPE, E.; ROSALINSKI-MORAES, F. Oncicola luehei IN A WILD CRAB-EATING RACCOON (Procyon cancrivorus) FROM THE BRAZILIAN CERRADO SAVANNA. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 48, n. 4, p. 243–248, 2020. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v48i4.61278. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/61278. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 4 (2019)

Section

CASE REPORT

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