Table 3.
Frequency of gastrointestinal parasite morphotypes in mammal faecal samples from Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
| Morphotypes of helminth and protozoan structures | Chrysocyon brachyurus (n = 97) | Canis familiaris (n = 13) | Cerdocyon thous (n = 2) | Leopardus guttulus (n = 52) | Puma yagouaroundi (n = 2) | Leopardus pardalis (n = 1) | Puma concolor (n = 1) | Order Carnivora US (n = 45) |
Sus scrofa (n = 12) |
Order Artiodactyla US (n = 19) | Total (n = 244) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helminths | |||||||||||
| Family Ascarididae | 25 (25.8%) | 4 (30.8%) | 1 (50%) | 20 (38.5%) | 1 (50%) | – | – | 21 (46.7%) | 4 (33.3%) | – | 75 (30.8%) |
| Morphotype 1 - C: 92.5 ± 5.8 × 81.4 × 7.1; F: 92.5 ± 6 × 81.4 × 6.2; S: 88.8 ± 8.7 × 85.1 × 7.6 | 20 (20.6%) | 2 (15.4%) | 1 (50%) | 19 (36.5%) | 1 (50%) | – | – | 15 (33.3%) | 3 (25%) | – | 61 (25%) |
| Morphotype 2 - C: 111 ± 18.5 × 107.3 ± 23.2; F: 107.3 ± 8.9 × 83.2 ± 12.9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (8.3%) | – | 1 (0.4%) |
| Morphotype 3 - S: 114.7 ± 4.8 × 74 ± 1.6 | 11 (11.3%) | 3 (23.1%) | – | 10 (19.2%) | – | – | – | 4 (8.9%) | – | – | 29 (11.9%) |
| Trichuris sp. | 19 (19.6%) | – | – | 4 (7.7%) | 2 (100%) | – | – | 6 (13.3%) | – | – | 31 (12.7%) |
| Morphotype 1 - C: 88.8 ± 8 × 37 ± 2.8; F: 81.4 ± 4.5 × 40.7 ± 4.2 | 12 (12.4%) | – | – | 1 (1.9%) | 2 (100%) | – | – | 5 (11.1%) | – | – | 18 (7.4%) |
| Morphotype 2 - C: 107.3 ± 7.3 × 40.7 ± 4.9; F: 107.3 ± 7.6 × 42.5 ± 3.7 | 10 (10.3%) | – | – | 4 (7.7%) | – | – | – | 2 (4.4%) | – | – | 18 (7.4%) |
| Capillaria sp. | 14 (14.4%) | – | – | 11 (21.1%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (100%) | – | 2 (4.4%) | – | – | 29 (11.9%) |
| Morphotype 1 - C: 85.1 ± 5.1 × 44.4 ± 4.9; F: 85.1 ± 6.4 × 44.4 ± 3.9 | 8 (8.2%) | – | – | 6 (11.5%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (100%) | – | – | – | – | 15 (6.1%) |
| Morphotype 2 - C:99.9 ± 8.1 × 44.4 ± 6.1; F: 101.7 ± 5.6 × 51.8 ± 6.5 | 9 (9.3%) | – | – | 10 (19.2%) | – | 1 (100%) | – | 2 (4.4%) | – | – | 23 (9.4%) |
| Nematode larvae | 13 (13.4%) | – | – | 5 (9.6%) | – | – | 1 (100%) | 6 (13.3%) | 1 (8.3%) | 5 (26.3%) | 31 (12.7%) |
| Thin-shelled nematode egg | 9 (9.3%) | 3 (23.1%) | 1 (50%) | 4 (7.7%) | – | – | – | 4 (8.9%) | 2 (16.7%) | 1 (5.3%) | 24 (9.8%) |
| Morphotype 1 - C: 85.1 ± 4.2 × 55.5 ± 3.7; F: 96.2 × 40.7 | 7 (7.2%) | 1 (7.7%) | – | 1 (1.9%) | – | – | – | 3 (6.7%) | – | – | 12 (4.9%) |
| Morphotype 2 - C: 107.3 ± 5.5 × 57.3 ± 4.8; F: 109.1 ± 2.6 × 85.1 ± 31.4; S: 172 ± 29.8 × 79.5 ± 10.6 | 2 (2.1%) | 1 (7.7%) | 1 (50%) | 3 (5.8%) | – | – | – | 1 (2.2%) | 2 (16.7%) | – | 10 (4.1%) |
| Morphotype 3 - C: 92.5 ± 6.1 × 55.5 ± 5.6 | – | 1 (7.7%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (5.3%) | 2 (0.8%) |
| Physaloptera sp.- C: 70.3 ± 10 × 46.2 ± 9.7; F: 70.3 × 51.8 | 9 (9.3%) | – | – | 1 (1.9%) | – | – | – | 2 (4.4%) | – | – | 12 (4.9%) |
| Family Diphyllobothriidae - C:88.8 ± 9.3 × 48.1 ± 6.3; F: 85.1 ± 7.1 × 48.1 ± 4 | 31 (32%) | – | 1 (50%) | 10 (19.2%) | – | – | – | 10 (22.2%) | – | – | 52 (21.3%) |
| Order Cyclophyllidea | 4 (4.1%) | 1 (7.7%) | – | 1 (1.9%) | – | – | – | 2 (4.4%) | – | – | 8 (3.3%) |
| Morphotype 1 - C: 83.2 ± 8.1 × 77.7 ± 12.3; F: 81.4 ± 15.7 × 75.8 ± 7.8 | 3 (3.1%) | 1 (7.7%) | – | 1 (1.9%) | – | – | – | 2 (4.4%) | – | – | 7 (2.9%) |
| Morphotype 2 - C: 48.1 × 37 | 1 (1%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.4%) |
| Family Dicrocoeliidae - C: 55.5 ± 11.3 × 33.3 ± 3.7; F: 51.8 ± 1.5 × 33.3 ± 3.3 | 5 (5.1%) | – | – | 3 (5.8%) | – | – | – | 2 (4.4%) | – | – | 10 (4.1%) |
| Phylum Acanthocephala | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (2.2%) | – | – | 1 (0.4%) |
| Morphotype 1–88.8 ± 9.5 × 74 ± 3.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (2.2%) | – | – | 1 (0.4%) |
| Morphotype 2–85.1 × 66.7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (2.2%) | – | – | 1 (0.4%) |
| Helminths positive samples | 72 (74.2%) | 7 (53.8%) | 1 (50%) | 35 (67.3%) | 2 (100%) | 1 (100%) | 1 (100%) | 31 (68.9%) | 5 (41.7%) | 5 (26.3%) | 161 (66%) |
| Protozoa | |||||||||||
| Non-sporulated coccidian | 9 (9.3%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (2.2%) | – | – | 10 (4.1%) |
| Morphotype 1 - C: 25.9 ± 2.4 × 22.2 ± 2.5 | 7 (7.2%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 (2.9%) |
| Morphotype 2 - C: 37 ± 6.9 × 33.3 ± 5.6 | 5 (5.1%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 (2%) |
| Eimeria sp. - S: 37 × 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (8.3%) | – | 1 (0.4%) |
| Balantioides coli - S: 48.1 ± 38.8 × 44.4 ± 35.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 (16.7%) | 4 (21%) | 6 (2.4%) |
| Amoebae - C: 18.5 ± 5.8 × 18.5 ± 3.6; F: 18.5 ± 3.2 × 18.5 ± 2 | 2 (2.1%) | – | – | 1 (1.9%) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 (1.2%) |
| Cryptosporidium sp. coproantigens | 13 (13.4%) | 2 (15.4%) | 2 (100%) | 14 (26.9%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (100%) | – | 9 (20%) | 10 (83.3%) | 15 (78.9%) | 67 (27.4%) |
| Protozoan positive samples | 22 (22.7%) | 2 (15.4%) | 2 (100%) | 15 (28.8%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (100%) | – | 10 (22.2%) | 10 (83.3%) | 17 (89.5%) | 81 (33.2%) |
| Total positive samples | 79 (81.4%) | 8 (61.5%) | 2 (100%) | 43 (82.7%) | 2 (200%) | 1 (100%) | 1 (100%) | 35 (77.8%) | 10 (83.3%) | 17 (89.5%) | 198 (81.1%) |