First Report of Goldberger and Crane, 1911 (Digenea, Dicrocoeliidae) from (Illiger, 1815) (Carnivora, Canidae) and Pathological Findings.

Helminthologia

Laboratório de Sanidade Animal, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Parque Califórnia, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil, 28013-602.

Published: September 2018

, the largest South American canid, is a native species of the Brazilian cerrado. The present study is aimed to report the occurrence of the trematode, , in the liver of a new host, , and to describe its morphology and pathology. One individual was necropsied and examined for the presence of parasites. Worms were collected from the bile ducts and based on morphological and morphometrical characteristics, such as a relatively large, slender, aspinose, elongated shape with vitellarium present on the upper left side of the body were identified as . On the host, hepatic lesions limited to the bile ducts and periportal regions, were characterized as chronic-active cholangitis, biliary hyperplasia, and fibrosis . This is the first report of parasitizing , demonstrating that this parasite has no host specificity and can be widely distributed. lesions noted in are similar to those noted in various other mammalian hosts.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6662010PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/helm-2018-0017DOI Listing

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