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Pathological and parasitological characterization of infection by trematodes (Paramphistomatidae) in the large intestine of capybaras

Overview of attention for article published in Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, September 2015
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Title
Pathological and parasitological characterization of infection by trematodes (Paramphistomatidae) in the large intestine of capybaras
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, September 2015
DOI 10.1590/s1984-29612015058
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Isabela de Oliveira Avelar, Ana Patrícia Carvalho Silva, Chris Gardiner, Renato de Lima Santos, Walter dos Santos Lima, Roselene Ecco

Abstract

Gross and histological lesions caused by an intestinal parasite were described in three capybaras. The parasites presented a mean length of 14 mm and width of 7 mm, were round to oval or piriform, reddish and pedunculated, and adhered strongly to the mucosa of the large intestine. The intestinal mucosa at the parasite attachment site presented loss of surface epithelium and most glands, with replacement by fibrovascular proliferation that protruded from the mucosa and was involuted by the ventral sucker of the parasite. The lamina propria presented cellular debris, eosinophils, macrophages and plasma cells. The morphological characteristics, observed using serial histological sections, made it possible to classify the parasite as a trematode (Paramphistomatidae), compatible with Taxorchis schistocotyle. One capybara also harbored many ciliated protozoa in the large intestine (at the site of attachment of the parasite) and inside the caeca of the trematodes. In conclusion, this study described a multifocal necrotizing colitis associated with T. schistocotyle parasitism in capybaras.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 14 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 3 21%
Researcher 3 21%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 14%
Student > Master 1 7%
Professor 1 7%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 4 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 3 21%
Environmental Science 2 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 7%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 7%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 5 36%
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#20,655,488
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Outputs from Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
#333
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#203,162
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#5
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