A Capillaria sp. was recovered from the kidneys of 28 (93.3%) of 30 small Indian mongooses (Herpestes auropunctus) collected in St. Lucia, West Indies. The nematodes were embedded within distended pelvic fornices of the kidney and surrounded by accumulations of eggs. A chronic, low-level inflammation of the transitional epithelium was characterized by hyperplasia, giant cells surrounding embedded eggs and a plasmacytic infiltration. This is the first record of a capillarid nematode from the kidney of the mongoose.

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Author notes

1

Supported by a travel grant from the Rockefeller Foundation (to H.W.H.).

2

Operated for the U.S.-E.R.D.A. by Union Carbide Corp.

3

Formerly staff member Rockefeller Foundation, 111 West 50th St., New York, N.Y. 10020, USA.

© 1976 Wildlife Disease Association
1976