Fukumoto S, Uchida T, Ohbayashi M, Ikebe Y, Sasano S
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan.
J Vet Med Sci. 1996 Dec;58(12):1223-5. doi: 10.1292/jvms.58.12_1223.
Camelostrongylus mentulatus (Railliet et Henry, 1909) Orloff, 1933 (Nematoda; Trichostrongyloidea) was found from the abomasum of a three-year-old female cape giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa, born and died in a zoo park in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. This is the new host record from Giraffidae and geographical distribution of C. mentulatus. Present case of C. mentulatus might be infected from other ruminants, e.g., camels, antelopes and goats, kept at a same paddock in the zoo. Risk of imported parasitic diseases by the zoo animals from outside of Japan is discussed.
骆驼圆线虫（Camelostrongylus mentulatus）（Railliet和Henry，1909年）Orloff，1933年（线虫纲；毛圆科）是在一只三岁雌性南非长颈鹿（Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa）的皱胃中发现的，该长颈鹿出生并死于日本山口县的一个动物园。这是骆驼圆线虫在长颈鹿科中的新宿主记录以及其地理分布。此次骆驼圆线虫感染病例可能是由于该动物园同一围栏内饲养的其他反刍动物，如骆驼、羚羊和山羊所致。文中还讨论了来自日本境外的动物园动物引入寄生虫病的风险。
