Varela-Stokes A S, Ludwig S Y, Herbst L H, Greiner E C
Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA.
J Parasitol. 2008 Apr;94(2):565-6. doi: 10.1645/ge-1346.1.
The gastrointestinal tracts of 32 free-ranging, 9-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) from north-central Florida were examined for the presence of helminths during July 1991 to November 1993. Aspidodera sp. (Nematoda: Aspidoderidae), most closely resembling Aspidodera sogandaresi, were recovered from 20 of 32 armadillos examined. Total numbers of A. sogandaresi ranged from 1 to 1,021 per infected animal, and followed an inverse correlation to body condition index for those animals. The cystacanth stage of 1 acanthocephalan, Macracanthorhynchus ingens, was present in 1 armadillo, and is the first report of M. ingens in the 9-banded armadillo. The present study contributes to the known natural history of the 9-banded armadillo, an important animal research model.
1991年7月至1993年11月期间，对来自佛罗里达州中北部的32只自由放养的九带犰狳（Dasypus novemcinctus）的胃肠道进行了检查，以确定是否存在蠕虫。从32只接受检查的犰狳中的20只体内发现了与索甘达雷斯阿氏线虫（Aspidodera sogandaresi）最为相似的阿氏线虫属（Aspidodera sp.，线虫纲：阿氏线虫科）。每只受感染动物体内的索甘达雷斯阿氏线虫总数在1至1021条之间，且与这些动物的身体状况指数呈负相关。在1只犰狳体内发现了1种棘头虫——巨棘吻虫（Macracanthorhynchus ingens）的囊尾蚴阶段，这是巨棘吻虫在九带犰狳体内的首次报道。本研究为九带犰狳这一重要的动物研究模型的已知自然史做出了贡献。
