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1 October 1990 Aberrant Migration by Toxocara pteropodis in Flying-Foxes—Two Case Reports
Paul Prociv
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Abstract

Adults of the large nematode, Toxocara pteropodis, have not previously been reported from extra-intestinal sites in their hosts, juvenile flying-foxes (fruit-bats of the genus Pteropus). In one captive bat which died unexpectedly, a nematode was found coiled within the gall bladder and common bile duct; in another, a nematode was in the esophagus and protruded into the laryngopharynx. Like other ascaridoids, this species is capable of aberrant migration.

Prociv: Aberrant Migration by Toxocara pteropodis in Flying-Foxes—Two Case Reports
Paul Prociv "Aberrant Migration by Toxocara pteropodis in Flying-Foxes—Two Case Reports," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 26(4), 532-534, (1 October 1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.4.532
Published: 1 October 1990
KEYWORDS
aberrant migration
Ascaridoid nematodes
biliary obstruction
flying-foxes
fruit-bats
Pteropus spp.
Toxocara pteropodis
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