Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dioctophyme renale (Nematoda: Dioctophymatoidea) in the abdominal cavity of Rattus norvegicus in Japan.
- Journal:
- Parasitology international
- Year:
- 2011
- Authors:
- Tokiwa, Toshihiro et al.
- Affiliation:
- Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University · Japan
- Species:
- rodent
Abstract
We collected 24 brown rats, Rattus norvegicus, in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan and found one rat harboring a dioctophymatid nematode. A single male and a female worm were recovered from the abdominal cavity and were identified as Dioctophyme renale based on morphologic features and a BLAST DNA sequence analysis. We describe the morphological features of the adult worms and eggs from this extremely rare case of D. renale infection in a brown rat.
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