Open AccessOncicola luehei IN A WILD CRAB-EATING RACCOON (Procyon cancrivorus) FROM THE BRAZILIAN CERRADO SAVANNA
Author(s) -
Wilson Júnior Oliveira,
André Luíz Quagliatto Santos,
Wilson Viotto de Souza,
Ana Elizabeth Iannini Custódio,
Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe,
Fernanda Rosalinski-Moraes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista de patologia tropical / journal of tropical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 1080-8178
pISSN - 0301-0406
DOI - 10.5216/rpt.v48i4.61278
Subject(s) - parasite hosting , zoology , biology , wildlife , veterinary medicine , anatomy , ecology , medicine , world wide web , computer science
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.