Ramos Raphael Vieira, Mendes Tiago Manuel Fernandes, Hoppe Estevam Lux, Barros-Battesti Darci Moraes, Ueta Marlene Tiduko, Allegretti Silmara Marques
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrícolas e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo - UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2024 Dec 13;33(4):e017324. doi: 10.1590/S1984-29612024074. eCollection 2024.
Little is known about parasites in wild mammals kept as pets. For this study, fecal and skin/fur samples and ectoparasites from 55 wild and pet mammals attended at a veterinary clinic were evaluated. Opossums (Didelphis albiventris and Didelphis aurita) were parasitized by helminths (Aspidodera sp., Cruzia tentaculata, Trichuris sp., Turgida turgida and Acanthocephala gen. sp.), screw-worm fly larvae (Cochliomyia hominivorax), ticks (Amblyomma dubitatum and Amblyomma sculptum) and fleas (Ctenocephalides felis). Hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris) were parasitized by mites (Caparinia tripilis), capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) by ticks (A. dubitatum and A. sculptum), a ferret (Mustela putorius furo) by fleas (C. felis), an orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) by screw-worm fly larvae (C. hominivorax) and another for ticks (Amblyomma longirostre). Overall, mites were found only in pet animals and helminths were found only in wild animals. Infestation by Caparinia tripilis was only found in animals with concomitant illness or stress. Cruzia tentaculata actively exited its opossum host by passing through the animal's anus as its clinical condition worsened.
关于作为宠物饲养的野生哺乳动物体内的寄生虫，我们所知甚少。在这项研究中，对一家兽医诊所接诊的55只野生和宠物哺乳动物的粪便、皮肤/毛发样本以及体外寄生虫进行了评估。负鼠（白腹袋鼬和南美袋鼬）感染了蠕虫（Aspidodera属、有触手克鲁斯线虫、毛首线虫属、膨结线虫和棘头虫属）、螺旋锥蝇幼虫（嗜人瘤蝇）、蜱（疑问钝眼蜱和刻点钝眼蜱）和跳蚤（猫栉首蚤）。刺猬（北非刺猬）感染了螨虫（三列卡帕螨），水豚（水豚）感染了蜱（疑问钝眼蜱和刻点钝眼蜱），雪貂（艾鼬）感染了跳蚤（猫栉首蚤），橙色棘毛矮豪猪（绒毛硬毛豪猪）感染了螺旋锥蝇幼虫（嗜人瘤蝇），另一只感染了蜱（长吻钝眼蜱）。总体而言，螨虫仅在宠物动物中发现，而蠕虫仅在野生动物中发现。三列卡帕螨感染仅在伴有疾病或应激的动物中发现。随着临床症状恶化，有触手克鲁斯线虫会通过负鼠的肛门主动离开其宿主。
