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- Title
Identification of parasites in Puffinus puffinus (Birds, Procellariiformes) from Northeastern Brazil.
- Authors
Melo, Cristiane; Oliveira, Jaqueline; Athayde, Ana; Dantas, Antônio; Feitosa, Thais; Vilela, Vinícius; Menezes, Danilo; Wagner, Paulo
- Abstract
Studies on the parasitic fauna of migratory sea birds of the Puffinus genus are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify parasites of 16 specimens of Puffinus puffinus (Procellariiformes, Procellariidae) that died during the period of June 2011 to December 2011 at the Wildlife Screening Center (CETAS) of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) in Cabedelo, Paraíba. During necropsy, biting lice and/or gastrointestinal helminths were collected in seven (43.7 %) birds. Lice were collected in five (31.2 %) birds, and the species identified were Halipeurus diversus, Trabeculus aviator, Austromenopon paululum), Saemundssonia sp . and Naubates sp . The prevalence of helminths was also 31.2 %. The nematodes species were Seuratia shipleyi and Contracaecum sp., and cestodes were Tetrabothrius sp. This is the first record in Brazil of Naubates sp., Seuratia shipleyi, Contracaecum sp., and Tetrabothrius sp. in Puffinus puffinus.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BIRD parasites; MANX shearwater; VETERINARY autopsy; LICE; HELMINTHS; TAPEWORMS
- Publication
Veterinary Research Communications, 2012, Vol 36, Issue 4, p235
- ISSN
0165-7380
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11259-012-9530-1