Parasitismo por Dioctophyme renale (Goeze,1782) em lobo-guará (Chrysocyon brachyurus), Brasil

Duarte, JanainaCosta, Adriana Miranda BezerraKatagiri, SatieMartins, Jéssica AmancioOliveira, Maria ElenaRibeiro, Claudia Mello

This paper reports a case of parasitism by Dioctophyme renale in a maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) found in rigor mortis in São Paulo State. The wolf was subjected to necropsy which indicated that its right kidney was parasitized by three D. renale specimens: one female, one male and one larva. The right kidney was atrophied and had bloody content. In such bloody content, there were eggs showing morphology characteristic of D. renale. The left kidney was hypertrophied. On account of its predatory action, D. renale can reduce the survival of maned wolves in their natural habitat.

1. Dioctophyme renale
2. dioctophymosis
3. renal hypertrophy
4. Chrysocyon brachyurus