Abstract
This study aims to register the occurrence of Trypanoxyuris (Trypanoxyuris) minutus in Alouatta guariba clamitans, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Two specimens of A. guariba clamitans, died accidentally, have been necropsied for parasitological studies. Only the large intestine and caecum were infected by T. minutus. The parasitism intensity was 6650 parasites and the density was 2.6 parasites/cm3 of large intestine. In the caecum, the mean intensity was 6753 +/- 490.73 parasites, with mean density of 6.23 +/- 5.13 parasites/cm3. The present study supplies information on adult nematodes biometry and this is the first record of T. (T.) minutus in A. guariba clamitans from Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Highlights
This study aims to register the occurrence of Trypanoxyuris (Trypanoxyuris) minutus in Alouatta guariba clamitans, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil
Descrição (17 machos e 17 fêmeas): Nematoides com acentuado dimorfismo sexual, sendo as fêmeas maiores que os machos
Espécimes representativos: depositados na Coleção Helmintológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (CHIOC) sob os números 35.647 - 35.649
Summary
This study aims to register the occurrence of Trypanoxyuris (Trypanoxyuris) minutus in Alouatta guariba clamitans, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Os primatas do gênero Alouatta são parasitados por diversas espécies de helmintos (STUART et al, 1998), dentre as quais destacam-se os nematoides da espécie Trypanoxyuris (Trypanoxyuris) minutus (Schneider, 1866) (Oxyuridae) (STUART et al, 1998), que ocorrem exclusivamente no ceco e intestino grosso de primatas desse gênero (HUGOT; GARDNER; MORAND, 1996; STUART et al, 1998).
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