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Volume 32, Number 7—July 2026

Research Letter

Dracunculus sp. PantanalBr Infection in Florida Panthers and Bobcat, Florida, USA

Michael J. YabsleyComments to Author , Alexander Perez, Kayla B. Garrett, Christopher A. Cleveland, Mark Cunningham, Peter Sebastian, Bambi Clemons, Jeff M. Gruntmeir, and Heather D.S. Walden
Author affiliation: Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (M.J. Yabsley); University of Georgia, Athens (M.J. Yabsley, K.B. Garrett, C.A. Cleveland); University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (A. Perez, J.M. Gruntmeir, H.D.S. Walden); Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Gainesville (M. Cunningham, P. Sebastian, B. Clemons)

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Phylogenetic tree of Dracunculus sp. PantanalBr nematodes collected from Florida panthers and a bobcat, Florida, USA. A) Genetic relationships of Dracunculus sp. PantanalBR from a Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) and a bobcat (Lynx rufus) compared with other Dracunculus spp. based on partial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene sequences. B) Genetic relationships of Dracunculus sp. PantanalBR from Florida panther compared with other Dracunculus spp. based on partial 18S rRNA gene sequences. Boldface text represents specimens analyzed in this study. Scale bars indicate substitutions per site.

Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree of Dracunculus sp. PantanalBr nematodes collected from Florida panthers and a bobcat, Florida, USA. A) Genetic relationships of Dracunculus sp. PantanalBR from a Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) and a bobcat (Lynx rufus) compared with other Dracunculus spp. based on partial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene sequences. B) Genetic relationships of Dracunculus sp. PantanalBR from Florida panther compared with other Dracunculus spp. based on partial 18S rRNA gene sequences. Boldface text represents specimens analyzed in this study. Scale bars indicate substitutions per site.

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