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- Title
Morphological and morphometrical characterization of gametocytes of Hepatozoon procyonis Richards, 1961 (Protista, Apicomplexa) from a Brazilian wild procionid Nasua nasua and Procyon cancrivorus (Carnivora, Procyonidae).
- Authors
André Soares Ferreira Rodrigues; Erik Daemon; Carlos Massard
- Abstract
Abstract??The speciesHepatozoon procyonisRichards,<cite>1961</cite>was described inProcyon lotorin the USA and then in other reports in the USA, while in PanamaH. procyonishas been described inProcyon cancrivorus. The objective of this paper is to report the occurrence of this species in the Brazilian procionidsP. cancrivorusandNasua nausaand to describe the morphology and morphometrics of the gametocytes. The analysis was based on blood smears, stained with Giemsa, which were examined under a photonic microscope. The morphometry was done with an ocular micrometer. It was based on the morphological characteristics and morphometric data on the gametocyte. It can be concluded that the species of the genusHepatozoonthat occurs in Brazilian procionids is the same as that occurring in procionids in Central and North America.
- Subjects
GERM cells; PROCYON (Genus); GERMPLASM; COATIS
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2007, Vol 100, Issue 2, p347
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-006-0268-y