[Helminth parasites of capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) on sub-region of Nhecolândia, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul].

A sequence of 23 necropsies was carried out on capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) from the central area of Nhecolândia, Pantanal region, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, from December 1984 to December 1986. The helminths identified and their respective prevalences and mean intensity were: Trichostrongylus axei--60.9 and 14, Viannella hydrochoeri--95.6 and 1031, Strongyloides chapini--47.8 and 1014, Yatesia hydrochoerus--44.4 and 6, Cruorifilaria tuberocauda--40.0 and 8, Capillaria hydrochoeri--86.9 and 156, Protozoophaga obesa--100.0 and 7212, Taxorchis schistocotyle--56.5 and 43, Hippocrepis hippocrepis--34.8 and 3832, Nudacotyle tertius--8.7 and 133, Monoecocestus hydrochoeri--54.5 and 62, and Monoecocestus hagmanni--80.0 and 75. Y. hydrochoerus was registered for the first time in Brazil. The helminths C. tuberocauda, V. hydrochoeri, S. chapini and H. hippocrepis has characteristics that induce clinical and subclinical parasitosis. Although multiple infections predominated, no interactions among the helminth parasites of the same organ were observed. The prevalences and abundances of S. chapini, Y. hydrochoerus and C. hydrochoeri were influenced by the age of the host. So, S. chapini presented higher values in young animals, while Y. hydrochoerus and C. hydrochoeri showed an opposite tendency.