First report of foraging behaviour on Pacific molecrabs (Emerita analoga) by dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) on the coast of Valdivia, Chile

Rodriguez, Sara M.; Burgos, Katherine; Gutierrez, Barbara; Escares, Valentina; Byers, James E.

Abstract

Domestic dogs are reported foraging on molecrabs Emerita analoga on Curinanco beach, Valdivia, Chile. Preying on these crabs represents a potential health risk for the dogs, because E. analoga is the intermediate host of larvae of the acanthocephalan Profiticollis altmani, which uses shorebirds as definitive hosts, but also have been documented to parasitize marine and terrestrial mammals including humans. Finally, the dogs not only disrupt birds' foraging, but now also compete for the same resource.

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Título según WOS: First report of foraging behaviour on Pacific molecrabs (Emerita analoga) by dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) on the coast of Valdivia, Chile
Título de la Revista: GAYANA
Volumen: 84
Número: 2
Editorial: EDICIONES UNIV, CONCEPCION
Fecha de publicación: 2020
Página de inicio: 158
Página final: 162
Notas: ISI