Title
Natural infection of Fasciola hepatica in cervids from Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Natural infection by Fasciola hepatica is recorded in a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and a taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis), both from the department of Cusco. Animals were remitted to the Veterinary Institute (IVITA-Maranganí, FMV, UNMSM) by the authorities of the National Service of Flora and Fauna (SERFOR, Cusco Headquarters). Six trematodes were collected from the bile ducts during the necropsy of the animals, and they were preserved in 70% ethanol. Morphological analysis indicated that they correspond to F. hepatica. This was confirmed by analyzing of the mitochondrial DNA of the parasites by partially amplifying the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) and the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (nad1) genes. Analysis of these genes had an identity greater than 99% compared to genes from GenBank. The present study demonstrates the occurrence of F. hepatica in these cervids, thus adding two new definitive hosts for the parasite.
Start page
143
End page
148
Volume
26
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85064149074
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sponsor(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos 158-2015-SERFOR-DGGSPFFS GenBank NC_002546, AF216697, KF111602
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