Apex Predators, Rockshelters, and Zoonoses in the Patagonian Holocene

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Fugassa, Martín Horacio; Petrigh, Romina Sandra
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2017
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Carnivorous mammals are a trophic guild with an important role in the dissemination of parasite infective stages (larvae, eggs, cysts, and oocysts). In the present study, new samples of coprolites attributed to carnivorous mammals, obtained from 2 archaeological caves, were analyzed for the presence of parasites with the aim to increase the knowledge about parasites in rockshelters that could have spread to humans and other mammals. To this purpose, fragments of 3 coprolites from Cerro Casa de Piedra, cave 5 and cave 7, were examined. Coprolites were rehydrated in aqueous trisodium phosphate and processed by spontaneous sedimentation. High parasite richness was observed and new parasite species for archaeological contexts were found. The parasitological findings in Puma concolor coprolites associated with caves suggest the importance of these carnivores in the dissemination of parasites in areas with high re-use of space and steady conditions of temperature, humidity, and radiation.
Fil: Fugassa, Martín Horacio. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Zoonosis Parasitarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Petrigh, Romina Sandra. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Zoonosis Parasitarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Paleoparasitology
Carnivorous
Coprolites
Zoonotic Risk
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Apex Predators, Rockshelters, and Zoonoses in the Patagonian Holocene
title Apex Predators, Rockshelters, and Zoonoses in the Patagonian Holocene
spellingShingle Apex Predators, Rockshelters, and Zoonoses in the Patagonian Holocene
Fugassa, Martín Horacio
Paleoparasitology
Carnivorous
Coprolites
Zoonotic Risk
title_short Apex Predators, Rockshelters, and Zoonoses in the Patagonian Holocene
title_full Apex Predators, Rockshelters, and Zoonoses in the Patagonian Holocene
title_fullStr Apex Predators, Rockshelters, and Zoonoses in the Patagonian Holocene
title_full_unstemmed Apex Predators, Rockshelters, and Zoonoses in the Patagonian Holocene
title_sort Apex Predators, Rockshelters, and Zoonoses in the Patagonian Holocene
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fugassa, Martín Horacio
Petrigh, Romina Sandra
author Fugassa, Martín Horacio
author_facet Fugassa, Martín Horacio
Petrigh, Romina Sandra
author_role author
author2 Petrigh, Romina Sandra
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Paleoparasitology
Carnivorous
Coprolites
Zoonotic Risk
topic Paleoparasitology
Carnivorous
Coprolites
Zoonotic Risk
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Carnivorous mammals are a trophic guild with an important role in the dissemination of parasite infective stages (larvae, eggs, cysts, and oocysts). In the present study, new samples of coprolites attributed to carnivorous mammals, obtained from 2 archaeological caves, were analyzed for the presence of parasites with the aim to increase the knowledge about parasites in rockshelters that could have spread to humans and other mammals. To this purpose, fragments of 3 coprolites from Cerro Casa de Piedra, cave 5 and cave 7, were examined. Coprolites were rehydrated in aqueous trisodium phosphate and processed by spontaneous sedimentation. High parasite richness was observed and new parasite species for archaeological contexts were found. The parasitological findings in Puma concolor coprolites associated with caves suggest the importance of these carnivores in the dissemination of parasites in areas with high re-use of space and steady conditions of temperature, humidity, and radiation.
Fil: Fugassa, Martín Horacio. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Zoonosis Parasitarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Petrigh, Romina Sandra. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Zoonosis Parasitarias; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Carnivorous mammals are a trophic guild with an important role in the dissemination of parasite infective stages (larvae, eggs, cysts, and oocysts). In the present study, new samples of coprolites attributed to carnivorous mammals, obtained from 2 archaeological caves, were analyzed for the presence of parasites with the aim to increase the knowledge about parasites in rockshelters that could have spread to humans and other mammals. To this purpose, fragments of 3 coprolites from Cerro Casa de Piedra, cave 5 and cave 7, were examined. Coprolites were rehydrated in aqueous trisodium phosphate and processed by spontaneous sedimentation. High parasite richness was observed and new parasite species for archaeological contexts were found. The parasitological findings in Puma concolor coprolites associated with caves suggest the importance of these carnivores in the dissemination of parasites in areas with high re-use of space and steady conditions of temperature, humidity, and radiation.
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Fugassa, Martín Horacio; Petrigh, Romina Sandra; Apex Predators, Rockshelters, and Zoonoses in the Patagonian Holocene; American Society of Parasitologists; Journal of Parasitology; 103; 6; 12-2017; 791-794
0022-3395
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CONICET
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