Primates

, Volume 53, Issue 1, pp 79–82 | Cite as

Occurrence of infection by Platynosomum illiciens (Braun, 1901) in captive neotropical primates

  • Klena S. M. Silva
  • Reinaldo J. Silva
  • Washington L. A. Pereira
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Abstract

Platynosomum illiciens (Trematoda, Plagiorchida) is a trematode parasite reported in felids and falconiforms. It was identified in the gall bladder of eight captive neotropical necropsied primates from the National Primate Center (CENP), Ananindeua, State of Pará, Brazil. This is the first description of Platynosomum illiciens as a parasite of primates.

Keywords

Neotropical primates Platynosomum illiciens Trematoda Captivity 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Klena S. M. Silva
    • 1
  • Reinaldo J. Silva
    • 2
  • Washington L. A. Pereira
    • 3
  1. 1.Instituto Evandro Chagas, Centro Nacional de PrimatasIEC-CENP-SVS/MSAnanindeuaBrazil
  2. 2.Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de BiociênciasUNESPBotucatuBrazil
  3. 3.Instituto de Saúde e Produção AnimalUniversidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)BelémBrazil

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