title: Dioctophyme renale (Nematoda, Dioctophymatidae) infection in the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) from Brazil.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to report the first case of parasitism by the giant kidney worm, Dioctophyme renale (Goeze, 1782), in the crab-eating fox, Cerdocyon thous (Linnaeus, 1766), in Brazil. A debilitated adult male fox was taken to the Screening Center for Wild Animals in Rio de Janero (CETAS/RJ) and eventually died of an unknown cause. During necropsy, a brownish-red nematode, 28.9 cm long, was found in the peritoneal cavity. The worm was identified as a male D. renale. This study reports the first case of dioctophymatosis in the crab-eating fox, enlarging the range of wild definitive host species infected by the giant kidney worm in the Neotropical region.
authors.affiliation: Biotério de Experimentação Animal do IOC, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Torres
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Guilherme Gomes
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Verocai
authors.forename: Luiz Eduardo Roland
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Tavares
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D017159:Dioctophymatoidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male