Salinas-López N, Jiménez-Guzmán F, Cruz-Reyes A
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico.
Int J Parasitol. 1996 Jul;26(7):793-6. doi: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00056-2.
A bobcat was found recently killed on "Highway 101" near the town of San Fernando, Tamaulipas State, Mexico (100 km south of Brownsville, TX, U.S.A.). The cat (Lynx rufus texensis) was parasitized by several species of nematodes and trematodes, but mainly by a cestode, Echinococcus oligarthrus. The diagnostic characteristics of this cestode are described and illustrated. E. oligarthrus has not been reported previously in North America. This is the first time that the strobilar stage has been recovered from a "bobcat". A potential public health problem may be raised by the presence of this cestode in Mexico.
最近，在墨西哥塔毛利帕斯州圣费尔南多镇附近的“101号高速公路”上发现了一只死亡的短尾猫（位于美国得克萨斯州布朗斯维尔以南100公里处）。这只短尾猫（德克萨斯猞猁）感染了几种线虫和吸虫，但主要是感染了一种绦虫——少节棘球绦虫。本文描述并展示了这种绦虫的诊断特征。此前在北美尚未有少节棘球绦虫的报道。这是首次从“短尾猫”体内发现该绦虫的成虫阶段。这种绦虫在墨西哥的存在可能引发潜在的公共卫生问题。
