Natural infections with filarioidea nematodes in Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris in the floodplain of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-95962000000200003Keywords:
Nematoda, Filarioidea, Capybara, Hydrochaerus hydrochaerisAbstract
From 36 capybaras, slaughtered between 1989 and 1996, 11 young, less than 6 months old, and 25 adults, in the floodplain region of Mato Grosso do Sul, 570 Filarioidea nematodes were collected. Three hundred and ninety-four specimen of Cruorifilaria tuberocauda were collected from the renal arteries (380) and from pulmonary arteries (14) and 176 specimen of Yatesia hydrochoerus from the fasciae of skeleptical muscles, mainly from the obliquus externus abdominis region and from the internal faces of hind limbs.Downloads
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2000-01-01
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Nascimento AA do, Bonuti MR, Tebaldi JH, Mapeli EB, Arantes IG. Natural infections with filarioidea nematodes in Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris in the floodplain of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 2000 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 24];37(2):105-8. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/5828