TY - JOUR
T1 - Otoacariasis due to Edentalges bradypus Fonseca 1954 (Acari; Psoroptidae) infestation in the brown-throated three-toed sloth Bradypus variegatus from Brazil
AU - De Souza, Clarissa Pimentel
AU - Verocai, Guilherme Gomes
AU - De Arruda, Julio Almeida Alencar Matos
AU - Pires, Jeferson Rocha
AU - Takitani, Andréa Yuri
AU - Faccini, João Luiz Horacio
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The authors acknowledge CNPq and CAPES for partial financial support.
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - The aim of this paper is to report the first description of gross pathological aspects of otoacariasis due to Edentalges bradypus Fonseca 1954 (Acari; Psoroptidae) infestation in the brown-throated three-toed sloth Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825 (Xenarthra; Bradypodidae) in Brazil. Mites were collected from massive skin crusts seen in both external ear canals and around both eyes of an extremely debilitated advanced-aged female sloth brought to the Wildlife Care Section of Universidade Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
AB - The aim of this paper is to report the first description of gross pathological aspects of otoacariasis due to Edentalges bradypus Fonseca 1954 (Acari; Psoroptidae) infestation in the brown-throated three-toed sloth Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825 (Xenarthra; Bradypodidae) in Brazil. Mites were collected from massive skin crusts seen in both external ear canals and around both eyes of an extremely debilitated advanced-aged female sloth brought to the Wildlife Care Section of Universidade Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00436-009-1508-8
DO - 10.1007/s00436-009-1508-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 19471963
AN - SCOPUS:70349250024
SN - 0932-0113
VL - 105
SP - 881
EP - 882
JO - Parasitology Research
JF - Parasitology Research
IS - 3
ER -