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| Trindade, M.A.C.; de Macedo, M.R.P.; Muller, G. | |
| _Dioctophyme renale (_Nematoda: Dioctophymatidae) in _Leopardus geoffroyi _(Carnivora: Felidae) in the Neotropical region | |
| 2018 Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology (27): 223 -225 | |
Parasitic diseases affecting wild carnivores remain largely unknown or poorly described. Dioctophymosis is a parasitosis caused by the nematode Dioctophyme renale that is found worldwide. It affects domestic and wild animals and has been reported frequently in Brazil. This paper reports dioctophymosis in a wild felid for the first time. |
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