| parasitic and bacterial infections of myocastor coypus in a metropolitan area of northwestern italy. | coypus (myocastor coypus) are widespread throughout europe. in northern italy, they are abundant in the flatland areas, and their high population densities can cause economic loss and ecosystem damage. we examined 153 coypus for selected parasitic and bacterial infections. we found strongyloides myopotami (63.4% prevalence), trichostrongylus duretteae (28.1%), eimeria coypi (86.3%), and eimeria seideli (6.8%), but did not find giardia duodenalis or cryptosporidium spp. we also isolated staphyloc ... | 2016 | 26745834 |
| strongyloides myopotami (secernentea: strongyloididae) from the intestine of feral nutrias (myocastor coypus) in korea. | surveys on helminthic fauna of the nutria, myocastor coypus, have seldom been performed in the republic of korea. in the present study, we describe strongyloides myopotami (secernentea: strongyloididae) recovered from the small intestine of feral nutrias. total 10 adult nutrias were captured in a wetland area in gimhae-si (city), gyeongsangnam-do (province) in april 2013. they were transported to our laboratory, euthanized with ether, and necropsied. about 1,300 nematode specimens were recovered ... | 2014 | 25352703 |