Giardia sp. and Cryptosporidium sp. in Iberian Wolf

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.20864
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Cryptosporidium Giardia Spain Parasites Wolf
A.L. PEREIRA
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama
T. L. MATEUS
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama; Escola Superior Agrária de Ponte de Lima, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo; EpiUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto; CECAV - Centro de Estudos em Ciência Animal e Veterinária, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
L. LLANEZ
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama
S. D. DUARTE
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama; l LAQV-REQUIMTE, Group of Bromatology, Pharmacognosy and Analytical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra
Abstract

A subsample consisting of fifty fecal samples from wild Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus), from the northwest of Spain were collected in the field. The samples were analyzed for cysts of Giardia sp. and oocysts of Cryptosporidium sp. using a direct immunofluorescence antibody test (IFA). Giardia sp. and Cryptosporidium sp. were found in 20.0 % of the samples examined. Simple infections were more frequent (90.0 %) with seven (14.0 %) positive for Giardia sp. and two (4.0 %) positive for Cryptosporidium sp. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of occurrence of Cryptosporidium sp. in Iberian Wolf.

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