Toxocara pteropodisin Free-Ranging Indian Flying Foxes (Pteropus medius) in Sri Lanka

• DOI: 10.7589/2016-07-170
• Publication Date: 2017-01-04T15:06:17Z
• Authors: Anjana C. Karawita; Chelsea G. Himsworth; R. P. V. Jayanthe...; Trent K. Bollinger; Panduka de S. Gun...
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; bats; bat; Biodiversity; Giganteus; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Chiroptera; Mammalia; Animals; Animalia; Nematode Infections; Chordata; Sri Lanka; Toxocara

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Toxocara pteropodis, an intestinal nematode, occurs in several captive and freeranging pteropid bat species. We report infection in free-ranging Indian flying foxes (Pteropus medius) in Sri Lanka and contribute to our understanding of parasites in free-ranging P. medius.