The taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis) and the red brocket deer (Mazama americana) as intermediate hosts of Taenia hydatigena in Peru, morphological and molecular evidence.
In the present report metacestodes were collected from the mesentery of a taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis) and from the omentum of a red brocket deer (Mazama americana) in Peru. Various metacestodes parameters, including rostellar hook characteristics, were measured. Molecular analysis was performed to amplify the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene from metacestode isolates. Metacestodes were identified as T. hydatigena by morphology and molecular methods. This constitutes the first molecular detection of T. hydatigena metacestodes in the taruca and the red brocket deer and demonstrates that these animal species are natural intermediate hosts for this parasite.
School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: lucho92@yahoo.com.
Luis A
LA
Gomez-Puerta
School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru; Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura (IVITA-Marangani), Cuzco, Peru.
Joel
J
Pacheco
School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru; School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, California, United States.
Omar
O
Gonzales-Viera
School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Maria T
MT
Lopez-Urbina
School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Armando E
AE
Gonzalez
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003670:Deer; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D013621:Taenia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics
Cysticercus tenuicollis; Hippocamelus antisensis; Mazama americana; Taenia hydatigena; Taruca; deer