College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.
Heilongjiang Siberian Tiger Park, Harbin, China.
Integr Zool. 2020 Sep;15(5):375-384. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12435. Epub 2020 May 27.
The Amur leopard, one of nine recently recognized subspecies of leopard, is still the most threatened by a stochastic procession of extinction. Evaluation of the potential danger to the conservation of the Amur leopard originating from disease urgently needs to be studied. Unfortunately, research on the potential risk to Amur leopards caused by disease is rare. In terms of parasitic diseases that affect this species, even basic data for parasitic fauna are absent. The aim of this study is to acquire this knowledge to improve the general understanding of Amur leopard parasites. Seven parasite species, including 3 nematodes (Toxocara cati, a capillarid-type parasite, and a Metastrongyloidea-type parasite), 2 cestodes (Spirometra sp. and Taenia sp.), 1 trematode (Paragonimus sp.), and 1 protozoan (Cystoisospora felis), were found in this research. Toxocara cati occurred most frequently, followed by Spirometra sp.
阿穆尔豹是最近确认的豹亚种之一，有九个亚种，仍然是最受随机灭绝过程威胁的亚种。急需评估疾病对阿穆尔豹保护的潜在危险。不幸的是，对疾病对阿穆尔豹潜在风险的研究很少。就影响该物种的寄生虫病而言，甚至缺乏寄生虫区系的基本数据。本研究旨在获取这些知识，以提高对阿穆尔豹寄生虫的一般认识。本研究发现了 7 种寄生虫，包括 3 种线虫（猫蛔虫、一种毛首线虫型寄生虫和一种圆线虫型寄生虫）、2 种绦虫（Spirometra sp.和 Taenia sp.）、1 种吸虫（卫氏并殖吸虫）和 1 种原虫（猫弓首蛔虫）。在这项研究中，猫蛔虫的发生率最高，其次是 Spirotometra sp.
