Dioctophyma renale em Lobo-Guará na região geoeconômica de Jataí, GO, Brasil - Relato de caso

ABSTRACT. Vulcani V.A.S., Franzo V.S., de Araujo D.P., Vicentin F.R., da Costa O.M., Rangel A.S. & Gomes L.A. [Dioctophyma renale in maned wolf in the geoeconomic region of Jatai, GO, Brazil - Case report.] Dioctophyma renale em Lobo-Guara na regiao geoeconomica de Jatai, GO, Brasil - Relato de caso. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinaria, 37(2):149-152, 2015. Laboratorio de Anatomia, Curso de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidade Federal de Goias, Campus de Jatai, BR 364 Km 192, 3800, Setor Industrial, Jatai, GO 75801-615, Brasil. E-mail: aloisiosv@hotmail.com The maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) (Illiger, 1815) is the largest animal that represents the canidae species at the South America. The Dioctophyme renale (Goeze, 1782) known as the giant kidney-worm, because it is used to lodges mostly this organs, and it has been also responsible for the majority of captive animals deaths. A maned wolf necropsy was done at the animal anatomy laboratory of the Universidade Federal de Goias (UFG) - Campus Jatai and showed a nematode in the right kidney of the wild dog. This is the second confirmed case report of maned wolf that have free life in the city of Jatai and in State of Goias, that suggests that is a common parasitism in this region of the country.