Ancylostoma and <i>Trichinella</i> Collected from Bears at a Zoo in Kyushu, Japan

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  • MATSUO Kayoko
    Kumamoto Prefectural Aso Public Health Center Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Gifu University
  • YAMAMOTO Yuka
    Aso Kumabokujyo Co., Ltd
  • TOKIWA Toshihiro
    Fuculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
  • TAKASHIMA Yasuhiro
    Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University

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  • 九州の動物展示施設のクマから検出された鉤虫と旋毛虫
  • キュウシュウ ノ ドウブツ テンジ シセツ ノ クマ カラ ケンシュツ サレタ コウチュウ ト ツムジチュウ

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<p>Ancylostoma malayanum was collected from the small intestines of a Japanese black bear kept at a zoo in Kyushu, Japan. To date, the only reports of A. malayanum infections in Japan have been from a polar bear at a zoo and a wild brown bear in Hokkaido. This is the first report of an A. malayanum infection in a Japanese black bear. Past fecal examination results revealed hookworm infections in Japanese black bears, Himalayan black bears, brown bears, and American black bears kept at this zoo and bred at the facility, although the hookworm species was unknown. Numerous encapsulated Trichinella larvae were detected in the muscles throughout the entire body of the American black bear. This is also the first report of Trichinella in an American black bear at a zoo in Japan.</p>

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