ULCERATIVE AND NECROTIZING GASTRITIS IN A CAPTIVE SLOTH (BRADYPUS VARIEGATUS, XENARTHRA, BRADYPODIDAE) DUE TO SEVERE PARASITISM WITH PARALEIURIS LOCCHII (NEMATODA, SPIROCERCIDAE)
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DOI: 10.1638/2016-0135.1
Abstract: Abstract This is the first reported case of lethal gastric parasitism by the nematode Paraleiuris locchii in a captive sloth (Bradypus variegatus). There were more than 600 parasites in the stomach of the sloth, associated… read more here.
Keywords: captive sloth; bradypus variegatus; paraleiuris locchii; parasitism ... See more keywords