Helminth Survey of Wildcats in Japan

Nobuhiro YASUDA; Kenjiro EZAKI; Masao AKUZAWA; Masako IZAWA; Teruo DOI; Noriaki SAKAGUCHI; Masaya TATARA

doi:10.1292/jvms.56.1069

Nobuhiro YASUDA, Kenjiro EZAKI, Masao AKUZAWA, Masako IZAWA, Teruo DOI, Noriaki SAKAGUCHI, Masaya TATARA

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Keywords: Felis bengalensis euptilura, Felis iriomotensis, helminthological survey

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1994 Volume 56 Issue 6 Pages 1069-1073

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.56.1069

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Abstract

Two Iriomote cats (Felis iriomotensis) and 2 Tsushima leopard cats (Felis bengalensis euptilura) killed probably by traffic accidents were submitted to the helminthological examination. In Iriomote cats, 8 species of parasites (Spirometra erinacei, Toxocara cati, Molineus springsmithi, Uncinaria maya, Capillaria aerophila, C. felis-cati, larvae of an unidentifiable lung worm and one species of Acanthocephala) were found. In Tsushima leopard cats, 10 species of parasites (Pharyngostomum cordatum, Spirometra erinacei, Toxocara cati, Molineus springsmithi, Arthrostoma hunanensis, Uncinaria felidis, Capillaria felis-cati, larvae of an unidentifiable lung worm, and two species of Acanthocephala) were detected.

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