title: Further studies on Toxascaris leonina (Linstow, 1902) (Ascaridida: Ascarididae) from Felis lynx (Linnaeus) and Panthera leo (Linnaeus) (Carnivora: Felidae).
abstract: Toxascaris leonina (Linstow, 1902) is a most common intestinal parasite of various animals in Felidae and Canidae. In the present paper, light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to study the morphological aspects of adult worms of this nematode in detail, based on the material collected from Panthera leo (Linnaeus) and Felis lynx (Linnaeus) (Carnivora: Felidae) in China. The results showed that there were some morphometric differences between the present material and the previous studies, including the body size, the width and length of cervical alae, the number of denticles on each lip and the tail length of the female. Previously unreported morphological features were also revealed. These supplementary morphological and morphometric data contributed to a more accurate identification of this worldwide distributed ascarid nematode.
authors.forename: Li-Mei
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Jing-Bo
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Yan-Ning
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Lu-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001699:Biometry; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D008045:Lions / Q000469:parasitology; D046008:Lynx / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D014114:Toxascaris / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*