ULCERATIVE AND NECROTIZING GASTRITIS IN A CAPTIVE SLOTH (BRADYPUS VARIEGATUS, XENARTHRA, BRADYPODIDAE) DUE TO SEVERE PARASITISM WITHPARALEIURIS LOCCHII(NEMATODA, SPIROCERCIDAE)
Authors:
- Ana Flávia Ribeiro Machado MichelAMAna Flávia Ribeiro Machado Michel
- Fabiana Lessa SilvaFSFabiana Lessa Silva
- Fernando Sérgio BarbosaFBFernando Sérgio Barbosa
- Tatiane Furtado de CarvalhoTCTatiane Furtado de Carvalho
- Jaqueline Maria Silva PintoJPJaqueline Maria Silva Pinto
- Renato Lima SantosRSRenato Lima Santos
- 1 March 2017
- journal article
- Published by American Association of Zoo Veterinarians in Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
- Vol. 48 (1) , 255-259
Abstract
This is the first reported case of lethal gastric parasitism by the nematode Paraleiuris locchii in a captive sloth (Bradypus variegatus). There were more than 600 parasites in the stomach of the sloth, associated with extensive areas of ulceration and necrosis. The animal developed emaciation, dehydration, and anemia that progressed to death.Keywords
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