title: Toxocara canis (Werner, 1782) eggs in the pleistocene site of Menez-Dregan, France (300,000-500,000 years before present).
abstract: On the archaeological site of Menez-Dregan in Brittany, France, dated 300,000-500,000 years-old, paleoparasitological analysis of cave deposits led to the detection of well-preserved helminth eggs, which morphology and morphometry pointed to the diagnosis of Toxocara canis eggs, a parasite of carnivore mammals. Paleolithic remains suggested a parasitism of the hyena Crocuta spelaea or other canids that inhabited the region.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Paléoparasitologie, EA 3308, associé CNRS ESA 8045, U.F.R de Pharmacie, Université de Reims, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims, France. francoise.bouchet@univ-reims.fr
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bouchet
authors.forename: Adauto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harter
authors.forename: Sérgio Miranda
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: Antonio Nascimento
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Jean Laurent
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Monnier
authors.forename: Luiz Fernando
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001106:Archaeology; D005602:France; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D017166:Toxocara canis / Q000302:isolation & purification*