| helminths of the raccoon (procyon lotor) in western kentucky. | seventy raccoons (procyon lotor) from western kentucky were examined for helminths from december 1985 through may 1986. twenty-three species of helminths were collected including 10 species of trematoda (brachylaima virginiana, euryhelmis squamula, eurytrema procyonis, fibricola cratera, gyrosoma singulare, maritreminoides nettae, mesostephanus appendiculatoides, metagonimoides oregonensis, paragonimus kellicotti, pharyngostomoides procyonis), 2 species of cestoda (atriotaenia procyonis, mesoces ... | 1987 | 3625429 |
| geographic variation in helminth parasites from the digestive tract of tennessee raccoons, procyon lotor. | the stomachs and intestinal tracts of 253 raccoons, procyon lotor, were examined for helminth parasites. sixteen species of helminths were found including eight trematodes, two cestodes, five nematodes, and one acanthocephalan. fourteen of these helminths are new geographic records for the state of tennessee. multivariate statistical techniques were used to analyze two-state and multistate character sets. matrices of correlation among characters were computed and the first three principal compon ... | 1980 | 7365628 |
| short report: a new case report of human mesocestoides infection in the united states. | the twenty-seventh documented case of human mesocestoides infection, which corresponds to the seventh documented case in the united states, is reported. the case had its origin in alexandria, louisiana in the summer of 1998. the patient was a 19-month-old boy. the strobila consisted of 35 proglottids that included mature as well as gravid segments containing a ventral genital pore and a parauterine organ. after a detailed microscopic examination, the tapeworm was identified as belonging to the g ... | 2003 | 12812347 |
| ecological analysis and description of the intestinal helminths present in dogs in mexico city. | the objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of parasitoses in stray dogs from mexico city, as well as to describe the structure of the intestinal helminth communities present in said hosts. one hundred and twenty dog intestines were collected and dissected to evaluate their parasitic load; finding parasites in 102 dogs (85%). the cestodes collected were: dipylidium caninum in 72 dogs (60%), taenia hydatigena in three (2.5%), taenia pisiformis in two (1.6%), echinococcus gr ... | 2004 | 15631907 |