Title
Definitive hosts of Spirometra mansonoides (Cestoda, Diphyllobothriidae) in Peru
Other title
Huéspedes definitivos de Spirometra mansonoides (Cestoda, Diphyllobothriidae) en el Perú
Date Issued
01 January 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
A parasitology survey was conducted at the Parque de Las Leyendas Zoo in Lima, Peru at 1993. Forty nine stool samples of animals comprehended among five families of carnivores (Canidae, Ursidae, Procyonidae, Mustelidae, and Felidae) were collected and processed using routine methods for helminth ova detection. Three species of Felidae, Puma concolor, (puma andino and puma de la selva), Panthera onca (jaguar) and Leopardus pardalis (ocelot) had been infected with Spirometra mansonoides.
Start page
153
End page
157
Volume
12
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
BiologÃa celular, MicrobiologÃa
ZoologÃa, OrnitologÃa, EntomologÃa, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-61349147954
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
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