TY - JOUR
T1 - The alpaca (Vicugna pacos) as a natural intermediate host of Taenia omissa (Cestoda: Taeniidae)
AU - Gomez-Puerta, Luis A.
AU - Yucra, Dora
AU - Lopez-Urbina, Maria T.
AU - Gonzalez, Armando E.
PY - 2017/11/15
Y1 - 2017/11/15
N2 - © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Three metacestodes were collected from the mesentery and the surface of the liver of three adult alpacas (Vicugna pacos) in a slaughterhouse located in Puno, Peru. Various features of the metacestodes were observed for morphological identification. A molecular diagnosis was performed by PCR-based sequencing of mitochondrial genes of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) and the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (nad1). All metacestodes were identified as Taenia omissa by morphology and molecular methods The isolates from alpacas showed significant sequence similarity with previously reported isolates of T. omissa (95.7–98.1% in cox1 and 94.6–95.1% in nad1). Our report is the first to detect T. omissa metacestodes in alpacas and to reveal that alpacas are natural intermediate hosts for this parasite.
AB - © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Three metacestodes were collected from the mesentery and the surface of the liver of three adult alpacas (Vicugna pacos) in a slaughterhouse located in Puno, Peru. Various features of the metacestodes were observed for morphological identification. A molecular diagnosis was performed by PCR-based sequencing of mitochondrial genes of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) and the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (nad1). All metacestodes were identified as Taenia omissa by morphology and molecular methods The isolates from alpacas showed significant sequence similarity with previously reported isolates of T. omissa (95.7–98.1% in cox1 and 94.6–95.1% in nad1). Our report is the first to detect T. omissa metacestodes in alpacas and to reveal that alpacas are natural intermediate hosts for this parasite.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.09.007
DO - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.09.007
M3 - Article
SN - 0304-4017
SP - 93
EP - 95
JO - Veterinary Parasitology
JF - Veterinary Parasitology
ER -