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- Title
Isospora spp. (Eimeriidae) from green-winged saltators Saltator similis d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 (Thraupidae) from captivity near the Conservation Unit of the Itatiaia National Park in Southeastern Brazil.
- Authors
Maronezi, Carla; Oliveira, Mariana de Souza; Genovez-Oliveira, Jhon Lennon; de Mello, Ericson Ramos; Cepeda, Patrícia Barizon; de Oliveira, Águida Aparecida; de Lima, Viviane Moreira; Berto, Bruno Pereira
- Abstract
The present study identifies three Isospora spp. recorded from faecal samples of green-winged saltators Saltator similis d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye kept in captivity in the surroundings of the Itatiaia National Park, which is a Conservation Unit with a high degree of vulnerability located in the Serra da Mantiqueira on the border of the States of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. Isospora saltatori Berto, Balthazar, Flausino & Lopes, 2008, Isospora trincaferri Berto, Balthazar, Flausino & Lopes, 2008 and Isospora similisi Coelho, Berto, Neves, Oliveira, Flausino & Lopes, 2013 were compatible in all characteristic features with their respective original descriptions, despite some divergences that are discussed in this study. In addition to the preliminary morphological identification, this study provided a preliminary genotypic identification of these three Isospora spp. via sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene, which was suitable for the genotypic differentiation of these three coccidians, but was inconclusive in the phylogenetic analysis. Finally, this study discusses the environmental risks of these coccidians in captivity of green-winged saltators in the surroundings of the Itatiaia National Park.
- Subjects
MINAS Gerais (Brazil); CYTOCHROME oxidase; NATIONAL parks &; reserves; CAPTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL risk; COCCIDIA; GENOTYPES
- Publication
Systematic Parasitology, 2022, Vol 99, Issue 2, p285
- ISSN
0165-5752
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11230-022-10025-9