ORIGINAL ARTICLE / ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL THE HELMINTH PARASITES OF RATTUS RATTUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) OF URBAN, INTERMEDIATE AND RURAL ENVIRONMENTS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Rattus rattus has synanthropic habits which make it an important rodent for the dissemination of zoonotic parasites. Thirty individuals were captured and necropsied with the aim of knowing theie helminth fauna. Three species of parasites were found, two nematodes (Aspiculuris tetraptera and Syphacia...

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Main Authors: De Los Entornos, Intermedios Y Rurales, En El, Sur De Brasil, Eduardo Oliveira De Araujo, Mariana De Moura Mendes, Patrícia Quintana Langone, Gertrud Müller
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Aspiculuris tetraptera- Syphacia obvelata- Hymenolepis diminuta- house rodents. Resumen
Rattus rattus
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.678.2003
http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVRevistas/neohel/v8n1/pdf/a02v8n1.pdf
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Summary:Rattus rattus has synanthropic habits which make it an important rodent for the dissemination of zoonotic parasites. Thirty individuals were captured and necropsied with the aim of knowing theie helminth fauna. Three species of parasites were found, two nematodes (Aspiculuris tetraptera and Syphacia obvelata) and one cestode (Hymenolepis diminuta). The rural area showed most diversity of helminthes.

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