Extraintestinal Acanthocephalan Oncicola venezuelensis (Oligacanthorhynchidae) in Small Indian Mongooses ( Herpestes auropunctatus ) and African Green Monkeys ( Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus ) ...

We identified multiple extraintestinal cystacanths during routine postmortem examination of 3 small Indian mongooses and 2 African green monkeys from the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. In mongooses, cystacanths were encysted or free in the subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle, or peritoneal or pericardial cavities, whereas in the monkeys, they were in the cavity and parietal layer of the, tunica vaginalis, skeletal muscle, and peritoneal cavity. Morphological, histological, and molecular characterization identified these cystacanths as Oncicola venezuelensis (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchi... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Becker, Anne A. M. J.
Sreekumari Rajeev
Freeman, Mark A.
Beierschmitt, Amy
Savinon, Victoria
Wulcan, Judit M.
Bolfa, Pompei
Dokumenttyp: Datenquelle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Verlag/Hrsg.: SAGE Journals
Schlagwörter: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified / FOS: Clinical medicine / 70706 Veterinary Medicine / FOS: Veterinary sciences
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29265627
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.4532864.v1

We identified multiple extraintestinal cystacanths during routine postmortem examination of 3 small Indian mongooses and 2 African green monkeys from the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. In mongooses, cystacanths were encysted or free in the subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle, or peritoneal or pericardial cavities, whereas in the monkeys, they were in the cavity and parietal layer of the, tunica vaginalis, skeletal muscle, and peritoneal cavity. Morphological, histological, and molecular characterization identified these cystacanths as Oncicola venezuelensis (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae). There was minimal to mild lymphoplasmacytic inflammation associated with the parasite in the mongooses and moderate inflammation, mineralization, hemorrhage, and fibrosis in the connective tissue between the testis and epididymis in 1 monkey. We identified a mature male O. venezuelensis attached in the aboral jejunum of a feral cat, confirming it as the definitive host. Termites serve as intermediate hosts and ...