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Table 4 Endoparasites of dogs in Brazil

From: Dogs, cats, parasites, and humans in Brazil: opening the black box

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Speciesa

Apicomplexa

Aconoidasida

Piroplasmida

Babesiidae

Babesia gibsoni

    

Babesia vogeli

   

Theileriidaeb

Rangelia vitalii

 

Conoidasida

Eucoccidiorida

Hepatozoidae

Hepatozoon canis

   

Cryptosporidiidae

Cryptosporidium canis

   

Eimeridae

Isospora canis (syn. Cystoisospora canis)

    

Isospora ohioensis (syn. Cystoisospora ohioensis)

   

Sarcocystidae

Hammondia heydorni

    

Neospora caninum

    

Sarcocystis capracanis

    

Sarcocystis cruzi (syn. Sarcocystis bovicanis)

    

Sarcocystis levinei

    

Sarcocystis miescheriana (syn. Sarcocystis suicanis)

    

Sarcocystis tenella (syn. Sarcocystis ovicanis)

Metamonada

Parabasalia

Trichomonadida

Trichomonadidae

Pentatrichomonas hominis (syn. Trichomonas hominis)

Sarcomastigophora

Zoomastigophora

Diplomonadida

Hexamitidae

Giardia duodenalis (syn. Giardia intestinalis)

  

Kinetoplastida

Trypanosomatidae

Leishmania infantum (syn. Leishmania chagasi)

    

Leishmania amazonensis

    

Leishmania braziliensis

    

Trypanosoma caninum

    

Trypanosoma evansi

    

Trypanosoma cruzi

Nematoda

Secernentea

Strongylida

Ancylostomatidae

Ancylostoma braziliense

    

Ancylostoma caninum

   

Angiostrongylidae

Angiostrongylus vasorum

  

Rhabditida

Strongyloididae

Strongyloides stercoralis

  

Ascaridida

Ascarididae

Lagochilascaris minor

    

Toxascaris leonina

    

Toxocara canis

   

Dioctophymatidae

Dioctophyme renale

  

Trichurida

Trichinellidae

Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica)

   

Trichuridae

Trichuris vulpis

  

Spirurida

Gongylonematidae

Gongylonema pulchrum

   

Onchocercidae

Acanthocheilonema reconditum

    

Cercopithifilaria bainae

    

Cercopithifilaria grassii (syn. Dipetalonema grassii)

    

Dirofilaria immitis

   

Physalopteridae

Physaloptera praeputialis

   

Spirocercidae

Spirocerca lupi

Platyhelminthes

Cestoda

Cyclophyllidea

Dipylidiidae

Dipylidium caninum

   

Taeniidae

Echinococcus granulosus

    

Taenia hydatigena

    

Taenia multiceps (syn. Multiceps multiceps)

 

Trematoda

Opisthorchiida

Heterophyidae

Ascocotyle longa (syn. Phagicola arnaldoi)

Acanthocephala

Archiacanthocephala

Oligacanthorhynchida

Oligacanthorhynchidae

Oncicola canis

  1. aChecklist of endoparasites (protozoa and helminths) affecting dogs in Brazil [32, 67–130, 344–353] Doubtful records (e.g., Phagicola minuta, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Dirofilaria repens, Necator americanus, Trichuris serrata, Uncinaria stenocephala, Isospora rivolta, and Isospora bigemina) [68, 69] are not included.
  2. bThe genus Rangelia has long been regarded a synonym of Babesia (family Babesiidae), but recent genetic and biological data supports its validity and its inclusion in the family Theileriidae. The creation of a monospecific family (Rangeliidae) does not seem desirable.