Toxocara canis (Werner, 1782) eggs in the Pleistocene site of Menez-Dregan, France (300,000-500,000 years before present)

On the archaeological site of Menez-Dregan in Brittany, France, dated 300,000-500,000 years-old, paleoparasitological analysis of cave deposits led to the detection of well-preserved helminth eggs, which morphology and morphometry pointed to the diagnosis of Toxocara canis eggs, a parasite of carniv...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Françoise Bouchet, Adauto Araújo, Stephanie Harter, Sérgio Miranda Chaves, Antonio Nascimento Duarte, Jean Laurent Monnier, Luiz Fernando Ferreira
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-01-01
Subjects:	paleoparasitology ancient parasitism parasite fossil record Toxocara canis paleofauna
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000900020