| dioctophyme renale (nematoda, dioctophymatidae) infection in the crab-eating fox (cerdocyon thous) from brazil. | the purpose of this study is to report the first case of parasitism by the giant kidney worm, dioctophyme renale (goeze, 1782), in the crab-eating fox, cerdocyon thous (linnaeus, 1766), in brazil. a debilitated adult male fox was taken to the screening center for wild animals in rio de janero (cetas/rj) and eventually died of an unknown cause. during necropsy, a brownish-red nematode, 28.9 cm long, was found in the peritoneal cavity. the worm was identified as a male d. renale. this study report ... | 2009 | 19204359 |