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REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 235-239Publisher
BRAZILIAN COLL VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-29612016024
Keywords
Wild life parasites; helminth of amphibians; nematode larva; Eustrongylides
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- PROPESP/PPGBAIP/UFPA
- CAPES Foundation
- Ministry of Education of Brazil (grant CAPES - PARASITOLOGIA BASICA)
- Ministry of Education of Brazil (grant CAPES - PROCAD-NF)
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) [563355/2010-7, PVE CAPES/CNPq A_033/2013]
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Eustrongylides spp. nematodes have birds as final hosts and uses other vertebrates as intermediate/paratenic host (fish, amphibians and reptiles) and have zoonotic potential. In amphibians, the larvae may be located in the subcutaneous tissues, liver and mesentery, between the muscle fibres, especially in the lower limbs. Rhinella marina, which is widely observed in Brazil, has exhibited complex diversity in its helminth fauna, reflecting the unique habitat of the Amazon biome. For the first time, this study describes the morphological aspects of third-stage larvae of Eustrongylides sp. in Rhinella marina from Santa Cruz do Arari, Marajo Archipelago, Eastern Amazonia, using light and scanning electron microscopy.
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