First record and molecular identification ofToxocara catiin a Pallas’ catOtocolobus manulfrom Kyrgyzstan

Abstract

SummaryIn the present paper, we the report the fi rst documented occurrence in the wild of Toxocara cati in the sole representative of the genus Otocolobus, the Pallas' cat. The identity of the parasite was confi rmed by morphological characteristics and by genetic barcoding of the second internal transcribed spacer of ribosomal DNA. The morphological measures of the T. cati specimens from the Kyrgyz Pallas' cat were comparable to values reported. We discuss the conservation implication of our fi nd.

Toxocariasis in Carnivora from Argentinean Patagonia: Species molecular identification, hosts, and geographical distribution

“…Definitive hosts of T. cati are mainly felids and include: cat ( Felis catus ), wild cat ( Felis silvestris ), serval ( Felis serval ), lynx ( Lynx lynx ), Iberian lynx ( Lynx pardinus ), cheetah ( Actinomyx jubatus ), cougar ( Puma concolor ), lion ( Panthera leo ), American leopard ( Panthera onca ), tiger ( Panthera tigris ), jaguarundi ( Herpailurus yagouaroundi ), ocelot ( Leopardus pardalis ), spoted cat ( Leopardus tigrinus ), Geoffroy's cat ( Leopardus geoffroyi ), Chilean pampa cat ( Leopardus colocolo ), tiger cat ( Leopardus tigrinus ), kodkod ( Leopardus guigna ), and Pallas cat ( Otocolobus manul) , among others ( Rodríguez and Carbonell, 1998 ; Beldoménico et al, 2005 ; González-Acuña et al, 2010 ; Okulewicz et al, 2012 ; Gallas and Fraga da Silveira, 2013 ; Cruz Hurtado and Muñoz Huamaní, 2016 ; Heddergott et al, 2016 ). Nevertheless, there are a few reports of T. cati in mustelids ( Martens martes , European pine marten and Martens foina , beech marten) and canids ( Vulpes vulpes , red fox and Vulpes macrotis , kit fox) ( Rodríguez and Carbonell, 1998 ; Górski et al, 2006 ; Ubelaker et al, 2014 ).…”