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1 February 2007 FIRST LARVAL RECORD OF MESOCESTOIDES IN CARNIVORA OF TENERIFE (CANARY ISLANDS)
Pilar Foronda, Alfredo Pérez Rivero, María A. Santana Morales, Alicia Kabdur, Ana C. González, M. Antonieta Quispe Ricalde, Carlos Feliu, Basilio Valladares
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Abstract

Larvae of Mesocestoides sp. were recovered in Tenerife (Canary Islands) in 2004 from the peritoneal cavities of 2 domestic dogs and a domestic cat. Morphological and molecular identification were carried out. Mesocestoides litteratus from Vulpes vulpes was sequenced for the first time using the ITS-2 region (18S rDNA), and was included in the phylogenetic analysis to compare the sequence variability among these and other Mesocestoides spp. belonging to different carnivores. Phylogenetic studies were carried out based on maximum parsimony and neighbor-joining analysis. The results showed the relationships between these and other previously published Mesocestoides species. Moreover, it is demonstrated that Mesocestoides sp. from Tenerife comprises a previously unreported sequence. This is the first larval record of Mesocestoides sp. in domestic animals from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

Pilar Foronda, Alfredo Pérez Rivero, María A. Santana Morales, Alicia Kabdur, Ana C. González, M. Antonieta Quispe Ricalde, Carlos Feliu, and Basilio Valladares "FIRST LARVAL RECORD OF MESOCESTOIDES IN CARNIVORA OF TENERIFE (CANARY ISLANDS)," Journal of Parasitology 93(1), 138-142, (1 February 2007). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-932R1.1
Received: 5 May 2006; Accepted: 1 August 2006; Published: 1 February 2007
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