Research Note. Trichinella spiralis parasitizing Puma concolor: first record in wildlife in Chile

The genus Trichinella is widespread in all continents but Antarctica. The only way to identify the species/genotypes is through molecular analyses. In Chile, only one study has reported Trichinella larvae in a cougar, but the species of Trichinella was not identified. In this work, the finding of Tr...

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Main Authors: Landaeta-Aqueveque C., Krivokapich S., Gatti G. M., Prous C. Gonzalez, Rivera-Bückle V., Martín N., González-Acuña D., Sandoval D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-12-01
Series:Helminthologia
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0057