Renal capillariasis in the small Indian mongoose, Herpestes auropunctatus.
A Capillaria sp. was recovered from the kidneys of 28 (93.3%) of 30 small Indian mongooses (Herpestes auropunctus) collected in St. Lucia, West Indies. The nematodes were embedded within distended pelvic fornices of the kidney and surrounded by accumulations of eggs. A chronic, low-level inflammation of the transitional epithelium was characterized by hyperplasia, giant cells surrounding embedded eggs and a plasmacytic infiltration. This is the first record of a capillarid nematode from the kidney of the mongoose.
D000818:Animals; D002195:Capillaria; D002335:Carnivora; D007668:Kidney / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014259:Trichuroidea