Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Toxocara tanuki (Nematoda: Ascaridae) from Korean Raccoon Dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis.

In conclusion, it was confirmed for the first time that T. tanuki is indigenously distributed, the Korean raccoon dog is acted as the natural definitive host of this nematode in Korea and the morphological characteristics of T. tanuki were shown in specific structure for single postcloacal median papilla in male.
PMID: 30630277 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Korean Journal of Parasitology - January 12, 2019 Category: Parasitology Tags: Korean J Parasitol Source Type: research