Gastric Lesions in Free-Ranging Black Caimans (Melanosuchus niger) Associated With Brevimulticaecum Species

@article{Cardoso2013GastricLI,
  title={Gastric Lesions in Free-Ranging Black Caimans (Melanosuchus niger) Associated With Brevimulticaecum Species},
  author={A. M. C. Cardoso and Alex Sandro Barbosa De Souza and Rodrigo Caldas Menezes and Washington Luiz Assunç{\~a}o Pereira and Rog{\'e}rio Tortelly},
  journal={Veterinary Pathology},
  year={2013},
  volume={50},
  pages={582 - 584}
}
The stomachs of 100 free-ranging black caimans (Melanosuchus niger Spix, 1825) from the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas state, Brazil, were examined for parasitism and pathologic lesions. All animals were harvested for human consumption. Ascaridoid nematodes were found in 67 caimans and were identified as Brevimulticaecumsp. These parasites were associated with focally extensive, chronic gastric ulcers and formation of localized intramural granulomas containing nematodes. All… 
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