Filaria taxideae in striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) of Colorado, USA, and commonly associated filarial dermatitis

J Wildl Dis. 2013 Jul;49(3):738-40. doi: 10.7589/2012-12-303.

Abstract

During 2007-09, we necropsied striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) from Colorado, USA. Eight of 51 (16%) had severe infections with the subcutaneous filarid nematode Filaria taxideae, and four of the infected skunks (50%) had dermatitis that was histologically associated with parasite ova in the skin.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Colorado / epidemiology
  • Filariasis / diagnosis
  • Filariasis / epidemiology
  • Filariasis / veterinary*
  • Mephitidae / parasitology*