title: First report of Strongyloides sp. (Nematoda, Strongyloididae) in Lutreolina crassicaudata (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae).
abstract: The present study reports the first case of the presence of the intestinal nematode Strongyloides sp. in fecal examinations of a male Lutreolina crassicaudata, considered a synanthropic marsupial species with zoonotic potential. The Willis technique was used for the diagnosis. Presence of typical eggs of Strongyloides species in feces was detected. A fecal culture was performed to obtain larval stages, free-living adults and infective third stage larvae (L3) of this nematode after seven days, which was morphologically identified as Strongyloididae. This is the first report of infection by Strongyloides sp. in a tick-tailed opossum from Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário de São José do Rio Preto - UNIRP, Rua Ivete Gabriel Atique, 45, Boa Vista, CEP 15025-400, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: D F F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Cardia
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Rua Clóvis Pestana, 793, Dona Amélia, CEP 16050-680, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Camossi
authors.affiliation: Centro de Medicina e Pesquisa em Animais Selvagens, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Distrito de Rubião Junior, s/n, CEP 18618-970, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fornazari
authors.affiliation: Prefeitura Municipal de Botucatu, Sáude Pública Veterinária, Rua Major Matheus, 7, CEP 18609-083, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Babboni
authors.affiliation: Centro de Medicina e Pesquisa em Animais Selvagens, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Distrito de Rubião Junior, s/n, CEP 18618-970, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Rua Clóvis Pestana, 793, Dona Amélia, CEP 16050-680, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: K D S
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Bresciani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D007814:Larva; D009893:Opossums / Q000469:parasitology*; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*; D013321:Strongyloides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000662:veterinary*