10.6084/m9.figshare.6388031.v1
Laís Verdan Dib
Laís Verdan
Dib
Cecília Cronemberger
Cecília
Cronemberger
Fabiane de Aguiar Pereira
Fabiane de Aguiar
Pereira
Paula Forain Bolais
Paula Forain
Bolais
Claudia Maria Antunes Uchôa
Claudia Maria Antunes
Uchôa
Otilio Machado Pereira Bastos
Otilio Machado Pereira
Bastos
Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira
Maria Regina Reis
Amendoeira
Alynne da Silva Barbosa
Alynne da Silva
Barbosa
Gastrointestinal parasites among felids inhabiting the Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
SciELO journals
2018
Free-living wild felids
trichology
helminths
protozoa
2018-05-30 02:42:35
Dataset
https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Gastrointestinal_parasites_among_felids_inhabiting_the_Serra_dos_rg_os_National_Park_Rio_de_Janeiro_Brazil/6388031
<div><p>Abstract This study aimed to investigate the species of felids that inhabit the Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Parnaso) and gastrointestinal parasites at various stages of their life cycles in the feces of these animals. Between 2013 and 2015, felid feces were collected from trails in Parnaso. The sampling points were georeferenced. A total of 82 fecal samples were processed, of which 79 were collected on the ground, two from captured felids and one from a necropsied animal. All samples underwent coproparasitological techniques. Samples collected from the environment underwent additional trichological analysis. Fur patterns corresponding to Leopardus guttulus, Leopardus pardalis, Leopardus wiedii and Puma yagouaroundi were observed in 32 of the samples collected on the soil. High frequency of potentially parasitic evolving forms (88.6%) was observed in felid feces, particularly eggs of the family Diphyllobothriidae (68.6%). Besides, were also detected, eggs of superfamily Ascaridoidea (42.9%), nematode larvae (28.6%), eggs of order Strongylida (28.6%), Capillaria sp. (8.6%), Trichuris sp. (8.6%), eggs of order Spirurida (2.9%), unsporulated coccidian oocysts (8.6%) and Eimeria sp. (2.9%). Felid feces presented higher frequency of polyparasitism (60%) than monoparasitism (28.6%).</p></div>