Zoonotic parasites associated with felines from the Patagonian Holocene

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Martín Horacio Fugassa¹  María Ornela Beltrame¹  María S Bayer²  Norma Haydée Sardella¹ 

[1] ,Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Mar del Plata,Argentina

关键词: paleoparasitology;    feline coprolites;    archaeological site;    ancient parasitism;    Middle Holocene;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762009000800016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Feline coprolites were examined for parasites with the aim of studying ancient infections that occurred in the Patagonian region during the Holocene period. Eggs compatible to Trichuris sp., Calodium sp., Eucoleus sp., Nematodirus sp., Oesophagostomum sp. (Nematoda), Monoecocestus sp. (Cestoda) and Eimeria macusaniensis (Coccidia) were recovered from faecal samples. The results obtained from the analysis provide evidence of consumption by felids of the viscera of both rodents and camelids. This knowledge allows for improved explanations as to the distribution of parasitism and its significance to the health of humans and animals inhabiting the area under study during the Middle Holocene.

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