Parasitic diseases in wild and domestic chinchillas

PARASITIC DISEASES IN WILD AND DOMESTIC CHINCHILLAS

Sivkova T.N.
Perm State Agricultural Academy.

Summary

Parasitic fauna of wild and domestic chinchillas is different. Peruvian animals from Machu-Picchu are infected with Trichocephalus sp. which not causes pathology in digestive tract. At the same time, domestic chinchillas were infected with Lamblia sp. That disease manifested with enteritis. A possibility of contamination from humans and other domestic animals is not excluded.   

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