Presence of Physaloptera sp. and Ascaris sp. in a blach and white Tegu (Salvator merianae) from the Parque Guasu Metropolitano, City of Asunción, Paraguay.
The black and white tegu, Salvator merianae, is a lizard from the Teiidae Family, which iswidely distributed along the Paraguayan territory. This work reports the parasites found in the intestinal content ofan adult female, captured in the Parque Guasu Metropolitano, who died from the effects of bushfire. Thesample was processed according to Sheathers' flotation method. Adult forms and eggs of nematodesmorphologically corresponding to Physaloptera sp. and Ascaris sp. were found. Both genera are found in domesticanimals, so mutual infection between domestic animals and wildlife cannot be excluded. This work highlights thevalue of analysing all samples obtained from wildlife, in order to maintain a permanent vigilance.
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Dirección de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
2021
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| Online Access: | https://revistascientificas.una.py/index.php/comp/article/view/1960 |
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