| [helminths of pampas fox, pseudalopex gymnocercus (fischer, 1814) and of crab-eating fox, cerdocyon thous (linnaeus, 1766) in the south of the state of rio grande do sul, brazil]. | forty wild canids were captured by live trap at municipalities of pedro osorio and pelotas in southern of the state of rio grande do sul and they were transported to the parasitology laboratory at the universidade federal de pelotas. after they were posted, segments of intestinal, respiratory and urinary tracts and liver were separated and examined. animal skulls were used for taxonomic identification. of forty wild animals trapped, 22 (55%) were pseudalopex gymnocercus and 22 (55%) cerdocyon th ... | 2008 | 18823576 |
| natural infection of wild canids (cerdocyon thous and lycalopex gymnocercus) with the intraendothelial piroplasm rangelia vitalii in southern brazil. | rangelia vitalii is a piroplasm that infects canines, causing lesions typical of a hemolytic disorder. two wild canids, a crab-eating fox (cerdocyon thous) and a pampas fox (lycalopex gymnocercus), were presented for necropsy in setor de patologia veterinária at the universidade federal do rio grande do sul, porto alegre, brazil. on gross examination, both animals had pale mucosae and moderate tick infestation (amblyomma aureolatum). there was severe splenomegaly, and the liver had a diffusely o ... | 2015 | 26251988 |