title: First report of Toxocara cati in the domestic land snail Rumina decollata.
abstract: The prospective role of the land snail Rumina decollata as a potential paratenic host of Toxocara cati for domestic cats was studied. R. decollata specimens and cats' feces were collected from the open spaces of a Buenos Aires city hospital. Cats' feces were analyzed and snails were digested to identify T. cati stages, by morphological and molecular analyses. T. cati larval eggs were recovered from 23.5% (4/17) of the sampled feces. Twenty percent of snail pools (5/25) were confirmed to be positive for Toxocara spp. third larval stage (L3) by PCR. The mean value of total larvae recovered per gram of snail in all positive pools was 5.1, with a maximum 33 L3/pool. This is the first report of T. cati infective larvae in R. decollata domestic snail as a paratenic host, since the relationship between infection in snails and in cats' feces could be demonstrated in a common environment.
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Av. Chorroarin 280, C.P. C1427CWO Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: ncardillo@fvet.uba.ar.
authors: Natalia
authors: N
authors: Cardillo
authors: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, ANLIS "Carlos G Malbrán", Argentina.
authors: Cintia Gonzalez
authors: CG
authors: Prous
authors: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, ANLIS "Carlos G Malbrán", Argentina.
authors: Silvio
authors: S
authors: Krivokapich
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Av. Chorroarin 280, C.P. C1427CWO Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Mariana
authors: M
authors: Pittaro
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Av. Chorroarin 280, C.P. C1427CWO Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Mariano
authors: M
authors: Ercole
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Av. Chorroarin 280, C.P. C1427CWO Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Matías
authors: M
authors: Perez
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Av. Chorroarin 280, C.P. C1427CWO Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Mariana
authors: M
authors: Pasqualetti
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Av. Chorroarin 280, C.P. C1427CWO Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Fariña
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Av. Chorroarin 280, C.P. C1427CWO Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Adriana
authors: A
authors: Rosa
authors: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, ANLIS "Carlos G Malbrán", Argentina.
authors: Graciana
authors: G
authors: Gatti
authors: Cátedra de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Av. Chorroarin 280, C.P. C1427CWO Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors: Mabel
authors: M
authors: Ribicich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D002415:Cats / Q000469:parasitology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D007814:Larva; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology; D014119:Toxocara / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*
keywords: Hospedador paraténico; Paratenic host; Rumina decollata; Toxocara cati