Ancylostoma brasiliense in the Kermadec Islands

Authors: Clark WC
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 28, Issue 9, pp 193, Sep 1980
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cat, Companion animal, Dog, Human
Subject Terms: Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Biosecurity, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Nematode, Parasites - internal, Public health, Zoonosis, Infectious disease
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Early in 1979, after a spell on Raoul Island of the Kermadec group, Mr Paul Dale of the Lands Department sent to me, amongst other biological materials, the deep frozen alimentary tract of a feral cat that had been shot near the rubbish tip on Raoul Island. The dozen or so nematodes recovered from this gut were clearly identifiable as Ancylostomu brasiliense Gomez de Faria, 1910. This hookworm is well known as a parasite of cats and dogs in tropical and subtropical parts of the world, and the larvae of these nematodes are often implicated in human cases of visceral larva migrans, or creeping eruption. The occurrence of this parasite in the Kermadecs is of interest when it is realised that there is a limited two-way movement of dogs between Raoul Island and New Zealand…

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