Parásitos del venado de cola blanca (Odocoileus virginianus peruvianus Gray, 1874) en Cajamarca, Perú.

MURGA MORENO CÉSAR; DAVID RUIZ-PÉREZ; JUAN ROJAS-MONCADA; PEDRO ORTIZ; LIDIA SÁNCHEZ; SEVERINO TORREL-PAJARES; MARCELA LARESCHI

Revista peruana de biología

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Año: 2023

1727-9933

In the present study, findings regarding parasites discovered in a white-tailed deer,Odocoileus virginianus peruvianus, captured in the dry forest of the Paccha district,Chota province, Cajamarca department, are reported. The Servicio NacionalForestal y de Fauna Silvestre recovered parasites from an adult male specimen andforwarded them to the Center for Research in Tropical Medicine at the UniversidadNacional de Cajamarca for taxonomic identification of helminths and arthropods, aswell as coproparasitological analysis. Two metacestodes corresponding to Cysticercustenuicollis were identified. Qualitative coproparasitological analyses revealedNematodirus spp. eggs at a concentration of 10 eggs per gram of feces (EPG) and40 EPG of Strongylid type that couldn’t be differentiated due to low counts in thecoproculture. No trematode eggs were detected in the sedimentation. Amongectoparasites, eight hard ticks Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and five suckinglice Solenopotes binipilosus were identified. Several specimens were deposited inthe Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos,Lima. These findings represent the first formal report of the common cattle tick inthis subspecies of cervid. Additionally, the presence of the Solenopotes binipilosuslouse in Peruvian territory is reported for the first time.