GROSS LESIONS INDUCED BY NEMATODES OF BOTHROPS JARARACAAND BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS IN BRAZIL WITH TWO NEW RECORDS

Authors

  • Liege Renata Siqueira Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Vertebrados, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. - Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) fellowship https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0903-8809
  • Marcia Helena Martins Panizzutti Instituto de Biologia do Exército (IBEx), Rua Francisco Manuel, 102, 20911-270, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Luís C. Muniz-Pereira Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Vertebrados, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7468-6274
  • Roberto Magalhães Pinto Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Vertebrados, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) research fellow https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0472-4076

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2009311107

Keywords:

Bothrops spp., Brazil, Nematodes, Pathology, Snakes

Abstract

Results of fecal examinations have been compared with those obtained during necropsies of snakes infected with helminths. Stool samples from specimens of Bothrops jararaca and B. alternatus were investigated and three animals were positive for eggs during coprological screenings: one case representing authochtonous snake parasites, other related to species accidentally introduced together with naturally infected mice snakes fed on, and another with the association of both. Necropsies of those same specimens, showed the presence of the nematodes Ophidascaris travassosi Vaz, 1938, Kalicephalus costatus (Rudolphi, 1819), K. inermis Molin, 1861, Kalicephalus sp. and Acanthorhabdias acanthorhabdias Pereira, 1927. Bothrops jararaca is a new host record for O. travassosi and Bothrops alternatus for A. acanthorhabdias; the gross pathological lesions induced by the nematodes are reported.

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Published

2009-05-31

How to Cite

Siqueira, L. R. ., Martins Panizzutti, M. H. ., Muniz-Pereira, L. C. ., & Magalhães Pinto, R. . (2009). GROSS LESIONS INDUCED BY NEMATODES OF BOTHROPS JARARACAAND BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS IN BRAZIL WITH TWO NEW RECORDS. Neotropical Helminthology, 3(1), 29–34. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2009311107

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