Research Note: First Record of Ancylostoma malayanum (Alessandrini, 1905) from Brown Bears (Ursus arctos L.)

Authors

Mitsuhiko Asakawa, Rakuno Gakuen UniversityFollow
Scott Lyell Gardner, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Tsutomu Mano, Hokkaido Institute of Environmental ScienceFollow

Date of this Version

7-1-2006

Comments

Published in Comparative Parasitology, v. 73, no. 2 (2006): 282-284. Copyright 2006 by the Helminthological Society of Washington. Used by permission.

Abstract

This is the first report of Ancylostoma malayanum (Alessandrini, 1905), subgenus Ceylancylostoma (Lichtenfels, 1980) from wild brown bears Ursus arctos L. The bears were collected by shooting in Wassamu-Cho province (44 [degrees] 80 [minutes] 59 [seconds] N, 142 [degrees] 82 [minutes] 99 [seconds] E), Hokkaido, Japan, November, 2003.