Zoonotic parasites associated with felines from the Patagonian Holocene.
Feline coprolites were examined for parasites with the aim of studying ancient infections that occurred in the Patagonian region during the Holocene period. Eggs compatible to Trichuris sp., Calodium sp., Eucoleus sp., Nematodirus sp., Oesophagostomum sp. (Nematoda), Monoecocestus sp. (Cestoda) and Eimeria macusaniensis (Coccidia) were recovered from faecal samples. The results obtained from the analysis provide evidence of consumption by felids of the viscera of both rodents and camelids. This knowledge allows for improved explanations as to the distribution of parasitism and its significance to the health of humans and animals inhabiting the area under study during the Middle Holocene.
Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Martín Horacio
MH
Fugassa
María Ornela
MO
Beltrame
María S
MS
Bayer
Norma Haydée
NH
Sardella
D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004539:Eimeria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D045989:Felidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005580:Fossils; D009348:Nematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010164:Paleopathology