Zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a Holocenic mortuary context from Eastern Patagonia (Argentina)

Nowadays, wildlife is one of the most important sources of zoonoses, and it is a major concern for the public health. Nevertheless, little is known about the role of wildlife as a reservoir and source of infectious diseases in the past. South America presents a wide diversity of wildlife. In the sou...

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Autores principales: Beltrame, María Ornela, Serna, Alejandro, Cañal, Victoria, Prates, Luciano Raúl
Formato: Articulo Preprint
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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Ciencias Naturales
Paleoparasitology
zoonoses
Holocene
carnivores
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/127411
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topic Ciencias Naturales
Paleoparasitology
zoonoses
Holocene
carnivores
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Paleoparasitology
zoonoses
Holocene
carnivores
Beltrame, María Ornela
Serna, Alejandro
Cañal, Victoria
Prates, Luciano Raúl
Zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a Holocenic mortuary context from Eastern Patagonia (Argentina)
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Paleoparasitology
zoonoses
Holocene
carnivores
description Nowadays, wildlife is one of the most important sources of zoonoses, and it is a major concern for the public health. Nevertheless, little is known about the role of wildlife as a reservoir and source of infectious diseases in the past. South America presents a wide diversity of wildlife. In the south of the continent, Argentina shelters a large diversity of neotropical carnivores. Although the paleoparasitological studies on carnivores have been increasing in southern Argentina, most of the efforts have been focused in a handful of sites located in western Patagonia. In this paper, two coprolites of felid found in Cueva Galpón, an initial late Holocene mortuary site from northeast Patagonia (Argentina), were studied for paleoparasitological purposes. Samples were processed by rehydration, homogenization, filtered and processed by spontaneous sedimentation. The samples were assigned to Puma concolor (puma) or Panthera onca (jaguar). Microscopic observations revealed that both coprolites were positive for parasite remains. High parasite richness was observed. Six nematodes, one cestode and one coccidian morphotypes were reported. This is the first time that Gnathostoma sp. and Spirocerca sp. were recovered from holocenic times from Patagonia. This finding implies that some diseases such as taeniasis, spirocercosis, gnathostomosis, ascariasis and coccidiosis could be present in holocenic wildlife from Patagonia prior to the Spanish colonization and domestic animal introduction. The overall results suggest that felids could have played a role as reservoirs and source of some parasitic species, some of which are zoonotic. Therefore, this animal could have entailed a risk agent for human health in the site.
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Preprint
author Beltrame, María Ornela
Serna, Alejandro
Cañal, Victoria
Prates, Luciano Raúl
author_facet Beltrame, María Ornela
Serna, Alejandro
Cañal, Victoria
Prates, Luciano Raúl
author_sort Beltrame, María Ornela
title Zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a Holocenic mortuary context from Eastern Patagonia (Argentina)
title_short Zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a Holocenic mortuary context from Eastern Patagonia (Argentina)
title_full Zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a Holocenic mortuary context from Eastern Patagonia (Argentina)
title_fullStr Zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a Holocenic mortuary context from Eastern Patagonia (Argentina)
title_full_unstemmed Zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a Holocenic mortuary context from Eastern Patagonia (Argentina)
title_sort zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a holocenic mortuary context from eastern patagonia (argentina)
publishDate 2019
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/127411
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