We report Dipylidium caninum for the first time in a wild carnivore in Brazil, the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous). Presence of the cestode could be the consequence of anthropogenic expansion into natural habitats of this host, as this parasite has only previously been reported in domestic hosts in Brazil.
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1 January 2012
Dipylidium caninum (Cyclophyllidea, Dipylidiidae) in a Wild Carnivore from Brazil
Fabiano M. Vieira,
José L. Luque,
Sueli de Souza Lima,
Antonio H. A. de Moraes Neto,
Luís C. Muniz-Pereira
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 48 • No. 1
January 2012
Vol. 48 • No. 1
January 2012