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