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Identification of parasites in Puffinus puffinus (Birds, Procellariiformes) from Northeastern Brazil |
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| Authors: | Cristiane Maria Fernandes de Melo Jaqueline Bianque de Oliveira Ana Célia Rodrigues Athayde Ant?nio Flávio Medeiros Dantas Thais Ferreira Feitosa Vinícius Longo Ribeiro Vilela Danilo José Ayres de Menezes Paulo Guilherme Carniel Wagner |
| Affiliation: | 1. Post-Graduate Program in Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Patos, PB, CEP: 58.108-110, Brazil 2. Laboratory of Animal Parasitology, Department of Biology, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, CEP 52171-900, Brazil 3. Wildlife Screening Center [Centro de Triagem de Animais Selvagens] (CETAS)/IBAMA Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources [Instituto Brasileiro de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Naturais Renov??veis], Cabedelo, PB, Brazil |
| 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. |
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