ULCERATIVE AND NECROTIZING GASTRITIS IN A CAPTIVE SLOTH (BRADYPUS VARIEGATUS, XENARTHRA, BRADYPODIDAE) DUE TO SEVERE PARASITISM WITHPARALEIURIS LOCCHII(NEMATODA, SPIROCERCIDAE)

Autor:	Ana Flávia Ribeiro Machado Michel, Fernando Sérgio Barbosa, Tatiane Furtado de Carvalho, Jaqueline Maria Silva Pinto, Fabiana Lessa Silva, Renato L. Santos
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	0301 basic medicine 040301 veterinary sciences Bradypus variegatus Zoology Parasitism 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Necrotizing Gastritis Fatal Outcome biology.animal medicine Animals Nematode Infections General Veterinary biology Xenarthra 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine Anatomy Sloth biology.organism_classification Sloths 030104 developmental biology Nematode Gastritis Animals Zoo Female Animal Science and Zoology medicine.symptom Emaciation
Zdroj:	Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 48:255-259
ISSN:	1937-2825 1042-7260
DOI:	10.1638/2016-0135.1
Popis:	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.
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