Visceral pentastomiasis caused by Armillifer armillatus in a captive striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Chiang Mai Night Safari, Thailand

• Main Authors: Sakorn Dechkajorn, Raksiri Nomsiri, Kittikorn Boonsri, Duanghatai Sripakdee, Kabkaew L. Sukontason, Anchalee Wannasan, Sasisophin Chailangkarn, Saruda Tiwananthagorn
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84945237004&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/55905
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Visceral pentastomiasis (porocephalosis) caused by Armillifer armillatus larvae was incidentally diagnosed in a female striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) of unknown age which died unexpectedly in 2013. The hyena had been imported from Tanzania 8. years earlier and have been s...