| parasites of domestic and wild canids in the region of serra do cipó national park, brazil. | over recent decades, diseases have been shown to be important causes of extinctions among wild species. greater emphasis has been given to diseases transmitted by domestic animals, which have been increasing in numbers in natural areas, along with human populations. this study had the aim of investigating the presence of intestinal helminths in wild canids (maned wolf, chrysocyon brachyurus, and crab-eating fox, cerdocyon thous) in the serra do cipó national park (43-44º w and 19-20º s) and endo ... | 2012 | 23070438 |
| dipylidium caninum (cyclophyllidea, dipylidiidae) in a wild carnivore from brazil. | we report dipylidium caninum for the first time in a wild carnivore in brazil, the crab-eating fox (cerdocyon thous). presence of the cestode could be the consequence of anthropogenic expansion into natural habitats of this host, as this parasite has only previously been reported in domestic hosts in brazil. | 2012 | 22247400 |