ABSTRACT
With the objective to determine the infection frequency by coccidia protozoa, 159 fecal samples from captive wiid camivores were analyzed. A 10.7 percent of the animal analyzed were positive to the infection. Whereas the family Procyonidae has a high percentage of positivity (35 percent), Canidae have lower infection ratio (23-33 percent) and Felidae only 0.3 percent). Family Musteldiae show negative findings
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Animals , Carnivora/parasitology , Coccidia , Coccidiosis , Animals, Zoo/parasitology , Feces , Oocysts , Parasite Egg Count/methodsABSTRACT
With the aims to determine the infection frequency by tapeworms of Diphyllobothrium genus 30 samples from captive wild carnivores were analyzed. A 30 percent of the animal analyzed was positive to the infection. Whereas the family Procionidae has a high percentage of positivity (60 percent). Canidae have lower infection ratio (20-25 percent). The accuracy for the diagnosis of Diphylobothrium was made by the morphology of scolex, proglottids and eggs. This is the first report of the parasite presence in Argentine wild carnivores