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Occurrence of Platynosomum illiciens in enclosured wild cats in the state of Bahia, Brazil

This paper reports the occurrence of eggs of Platynosomum illiciens, found in the feces of three species of wild cats Herpailurus yagouaroundi, Puma concolor and Leopardus tigrinus from material collected at the enclosures of the Park Zoobotânico Getúlio Vargas in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It is the first record of this parasite in P. onca and L. tigrinus.

Platynosomosis; Panthera onca; Herpailurusyagouaroundi; Leopardustigrinus; Parque Zoobotanico Getúlio Vargas


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