Table 5 Endoparasites of cats in Brazil
From: Dogs, cats, parasites, and humans in Brazil: opening the black box
Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Speciesa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sarcomastigophora | Zoomastigophora | Diplomonadida | Hexamitidae | Giardia duodenalis |
| Â | Â | Kinetoplastida | Trypanosomatidae | Leishmania infantum |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Leishmania amazonensis |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Leishmania braziliensis |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Trypanosoma cruzi |
Apicomplexa | Aconoidasida | Piroplasmida | Babesiidae | Babesia vogeli |
| Â | Â | Â | Theileriidae | Cytauxzoon felis |
| Â | Conoidasida | Eucoccidiorida | Hepatozoidae | Hepatozoon canis |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Hepatozoon felis |
| Â | Â | Â | Cryptosporidiidae | Cryptosporidium felis |
|  |  |  | Eimeriidae | Isospora felis (syn. Cystoisospora felis) |
|  |  |  |  | Isospora felis (syn. Cystoisospora rivolta) |
| Â | Â | Â | Sarcocystidae | Hammondia hammondi |
|  |  |  |  | Sarcocystis hirsuta (syn. Sarcocystis bovifelis) |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Toxoplasma gondii |
Nematoda | Secernentea | Strongylida | Ancylostomatidae | Ancylostoma braziliense |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Ancylostoma caninum |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Ancylostoma tubaeforme |
| Â | Â | Â | Angiostrongylidae | Aelurostrongylus abstrusus |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Gurltia paralysans |
| Â | Â | Â | Syngamidae | Mammomonogamus dispar |
| Â | Â | Rhabditida | Strongyloididae | Strongyloides stercoralis |
| Â | Â | Ascaridida | Ascarididae | Lagochilascaris minor |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Toxascaris leonina |
|  |  |  |  | Toxocara cati (syn. Toxocara mistax) |
| Â | Â | Â | Dioctophymatidae | Dioctophyme renale |
| Â | Â | Trichurida | Capillariidae | Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Pearsonema feliscati |
| Â | Â | Â | Trichuridae | Trichuris campanula |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Trichuris serrata |
| Â | Â | Spirurida | Onchocercidae | Dirofilaria immitis |
| Â | Â | Â | Physalopteridae | Physaloptera praeputialis |
Platyhelminthes | Cestoda | Cyclophyllidea | Dipylidiidae | Dipylidium caninum |
| Â | Â | Â | Taeniidae | Taenia taeniformis |
| Â | Â | Pseudophyllidea | Diphyllobothriidae | Spirometra mansonoides |
| Â | Trematoda | Opisthorchiida | Heterophyidae | Ascocotyle angrense |
|  |  |  |  | Ascocotyle longa (syn. Phagicola arnaldoi) |
| Â | Â | Plagiorchiida | Dicrocoeliidae | Platynosomum fastosum |
| Â | Â | Strigeatida | Diplostomatidae | Alaria alata |
Acanthocephala | Archiacanthocephala | Moniliformida | Moniliformidae | Moniliformis moniliformis |
| Â | Palaecanthocephala | Polymorphida | Centrorhynchidae | Sphaerirostris erraticus |