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Trindade, M.A.C.; de Macedo, M.R.P.; Drehmer, C.J.; Muller, G.
First record of _Lagochilascaris mino_r (Nematoda: Ascarididae) in_ Leopardus geoffroyi_ (Carnivora: Felidae) in Brazil
2019  Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology (28): 812-815

Lagochilascariasis is a parasitic disease caused by nematodes of the genus Lagochilascaris. These parasites occur in the neotropical region and their definitive hosts are wild animals, domestic dogs and felids and, accidentally, humans. Here, infection by Lagochilascaris minor is recorded for the first time in a wild felid, in Brazil.

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