Dirofilaria immitis infections in lesser pandas (Ailurus fulgens) in japan

日本のレッサーパンダAilurus fulgensにおける犬糸状虫Dirofilaria immitisの寄生

Dirofilaria immitis infections in lesser pandas (Ailurus fulgens) in japan

Creators 成島 悦雄

Creators 橋崎 文隆

Creators 河野 典子

Creators 斉藤 勝

Creators 田辺 興記

Creators Hayasaki Mineo

Creators 大石 勇

On postmorten examination, Dirofilaria immitis was detected in the right ventricle and the pulmonary arteries of three (75%) of four lesser (red) pandas, which were kept in the Tama Zoological Park in Tokyo. Case 1 and 2 had one male each and case 3 had three worms, two males and one female. Body length in four worms, except for a damaged male detected from case 1, was 95-115 mm in males and 123 mm in female. From their morphological findings and measuremdnt, they were identified as D. immitis. Two males from case 1 and 2 were mature and two males and one females from case 3 were immature. Their growth being equivalent to the adult worm and 113-day-old immature worm from experimentally infected dogs, respectively. Female worm had no microfilaria in the uterus.

[ISSN]0021-5171

[NCID]AN00051494

[isVersionOf] Dirofilaria immitis infection and dirofilariosis : an animal model of human filariosis [URI]http://www.lib.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/yunoca/handle/2010010511