Helminths were collected from 22 specimens of the white-bellied opossum (Didelphis albiventris) captured in the region of Pampulha (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), from May 1985 to March 1995. Ten species of helminths were collected; these included Rhopalias coronatus, Brachylaema migrans, Aspidodera raillieti, Cruzia tentaculata, Turgida turgida, Gongylonema sp., Viannaia hamata, Travassostrongylus orloffi, Trichuris didelphis and Capillaria sp.
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1 April 1999
Helminths of White-bellied Opossum from Brazil
Maria da Glória Quintão e Silva,
Hélio Martins de Araújo Costa
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 35 • No. 2
April 1999
Vol. 35 • No. 2
April 1999
Didelphis albiventris
helminths
opossum
survey