Parasites in road-killed wild felines from North of Paraná state, Brazil

This study aimed to identify the intestinal parasites of road-killed wild felines in the North Central and North, Paraná state, southern Brazil. The animals were monitored by sampling previously established transects. The places where the felines were run over were mapped, the animals were identifie...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria 2021-01, Vol.30 (1), p.e016320-e016320
Main Authors: Silva, Ana Clécia Dos Santos, Paschoal, Aline Ticiani Pereira, Bernardes, Juliana Correa, Matos, Andressa Maria Rorato Nascimento de, Balbino, Letícia Santos, Santomauro, Rafael Alves, Viana, João Gabriel Neves, Caldart, Eloiza Teles, Lacerda, Luan Henrique, Oliveira, Camila de, Chryssafidis, Andreas Lazaros, Garcia, João Luis, Navarro, Italmar Teodorico, Mitsuka-Breganó, Regina, Pinto-Ferreira, Fernanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Animals, Wild - parasitology
Biodiversity
Brazil - epidemiology
Cat Diseases - epidemiology
Cat Diseases - parasitology
Cats
ecological corridors
Ecosystem
Feces - parasitology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - epidemiology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - parasitology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - veterinary
Leopardus guttulus
Parasites - isolation & purification
Parasites - physiology
Parasitic Diseases, Animal - epidemiology
Parasitic Diseases, Animal - parasitology
PARASITOLOGY
Prevalence
Puma concolor
VETERINARY SCIENCES
zoonosis
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Summary:This study aimed to identify the intestinal parasites of road-killed wild felines in the North Central and North, Paraná state, southern Brazil. The animals were monitored by sampling previously established transects. The places where the felines were run over were mapped, the animals were identified, and the gastrointestinal tract was evaluated. The feces were submitted to coproparasitological techniques of spontaneous sedimentation, floating in hypersaturated NaCl solution and centrifugal floating in zinc sulfate. All the parasitic structures detected were photomicrographed. In the coproparasitological analyses were identified oocysts of Cystoisospora spp., eggs of Ancylostomatidae, and Capillaria spp.; eggs of Aelurostrongylus spp., Toxocara spp., Physaloptera spp., Taenia spp., and Spirometra spp.; Aelurostrongylus abstrusus larvae; and eggs and adults of Ancylostoma cati and Taenia spp. One of the cats was parasitized by a flea of Ctenocephalides felis felis. Based on these results, the animals analyzed in this study supplied important samples for the evaluation of parasitic diversity of North of Paraná and suggested that this region may have conditions that allow the maintenance of these parasites life cycles in the environment and among wildlife.
ISSN:0103-846X
1984-2961
1984-2961
DOI:10.1590/s1984-296120201090