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Helminth endoparasites of wildlife vertebrates in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

ABSTRACT

Wildlife vertebrate species and their associated helminth endoparasites were listed for the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). Records of 9 Acanthocephala species, 226 Nematoda species and 65 Platyhelminthes species (23 Cestoda and 42 Trematoda) were found associated with 20 fish species, 9 amphibian, 17 reptile, 103 avian, and 27 mammal species. This accounts for only 12% of the vertebrates known to occur in MS, highlighting that the majority of vertebrate wildlife has not been studied for endoparasites and how parasite diversity is still underestimated.

KEYWORDS
Parasites; Acanthocephala; Platyhelminthes; Nematoda; Biota-MS Program

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