title: Toxocara pteropodis in Free-Ranging Indian Flying Foxes (Pteropus medius) in Sri Lanka.
abstract: Toxocara pteropodis, an intestinal nematode, occurs in several captive and free-ranging pteropid bat species. We report infection in free-ranging Indian flying foxes (Pteropus medius) in Sri Lanka and contribute to our understanding of parasites in free-ranging P. medius .
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.|2 Sri Lanka Wildlife Health Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: Anjana C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Karawita
authors.affiliation: 3 Animal Health Center, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, 1767 Angus Campbell Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia V3G 2M3, Canada.|4 Canadian Wildlife Health Co-operative, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada.
authors.forename: Chelsea G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Himsworth
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: R P V Jayanthe
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Rajapakse
authors.affiliation: 4 Canadian Wildlife Health Co-operative, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada.|5 Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada.
authors.forename: Trent K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Bollinger
authors.forename: Panduka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de S Gunawardena
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D013188:Sri Lanka; D014119:Toxocara / Q000302:isolation & purification*