Cotylophoron panamensis (Trematoda: Paramphistomidae) in Mazama americana (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) free-living in remote areas in the Peruvian Amazon

David F Conga; Luis A Gomez-Puerta; Pedro Mayor

doi:10.1016/j.vprsr.2021.100667

Cotylophoron panamensis (Trematoda: Paramphistomidae) in Mazama americana (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) free-living in remote areas in the Peruvian Amazon

Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2022 Jan:27:100667. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2021.100667. Epub 2021 Nov 18.

Authors

David F Conga¹, Luis A Gomez-Puerta², Pedro Mayor³

Affiliations

¹ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Produção Animal na Amazônia, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Av. Presidente Tancredo Neves 2501, Terra Firme, 66077-830 Belém, Pará, Brazil. Electronic address: daket17@gmail.com.
² Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
³ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Produção Animal na Amazônia, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Av. Presidente Tancredo Neves 2501, Terra Firme, 66077-830 Belém, Pará, Brazil; Departament de Sanitat i d'Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici V, E-08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain; FundAmazonia, Museum of Amazonian Indigenous Cultures, 332 Malecón Tarapaca, Iquitos, Peru; ComFauna, Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, 332 Malecon Tarapacá, Iquitos, Peru.

PMID: 35012723
DOI: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2021.100667

Abstract

Trematodes of the genus Cotylophoron cause mucosal lesions in pre-stomachs and in small intestine in cattle, generating losses in animal production. In the Northeastern Peruvian Amazon, the presence of Cotylophoron panamensis in the 16.7% (4/24) in free-living red brocket deers (Mazama americana) in areas distant from livestock farming suggests the red brocket is a natural wild host of C. panamensis.

Keywords: Cotylophoron; Mazama americana; Peruvian Amazon.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cattle
Deer*
Peru / epidemiology
Trematoda*