Aberrant migration by Toxocara pteropodis in flying-foxes--two case reports.
Adults of the large nematode, Toxocara pteropodis, have not previously been reported from extra-intestinal sites in their hosts, juvenile flying-foxes (fruit-bats of the genus Pteropus). In one captive bat which died unexpectedly, a nematode was found coiled within the gall bladder and common bile duct; in another a nematode was in the esophagus and protruded into the laryngopharynx. Like other ascaridoids, this species is capable of aberrant migration.
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Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland, St Lucia Australia.
D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000469:parasitology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000469:parasitology; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D014119:Toxocara / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*