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Gastrointestinal parasites in captive wild birds in Mineiros, Goiás, Brazil Cover

Gastrointestinal parasites in captive wild birds in Mineiros, Goiás, Brazil

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|Jul 2024

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Fig. 1.

Light micrograph of coproparasitological examination in wild birds. (A) Capillarinae eggs in Ara macao, Scale bar 30µm. (B) Entamoeba spp. oocyst in Ara macao, Scale bar 15µm. (C) Ascaridia spp. egg in Ara chloropterus, Scale bar 20µm. (D) Ascarididae egg in Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Scale bar 40µm.
Light micrograph of coproparasitological examination in wild birds. (A) Capillarinae eggs in Ara macao, Scale bar 30µm. (B) Entamoeba spp. oocyst in Ara macao, Scale bar 15µm. (C) Ascaridia spp. egg in Ara chloropterus, Scale bar 20µm. (D) Ascarididae egg in Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Scale bar 40µm.

Distribuition of birds across aviaries and number of cohabitants per animal at the Wildlife Conservation Institute in Mineiros, Brazil_

SpeciesAviarySubsectionCohabitants
Ara macaoA115
Ara macaoA115
Ara macaoA115
Ara chloropterusA115
Ara chloropterusA115
Ara araraunaA115
Ramphastos tucanusA212
Ramphastos tucanusA212
Ramphastos tucanusA212
Ramphastos dicolorusA222
Ramphastos dicolorusA222
Ramphastos dicolorusA222
Pteroglossus castanotisA230
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinusA311
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinusA311
Megascops cholibaA411
Strix huhulaA411

Coproparasitological examination results of flotation and sedimentation of birds from a Conservation Institution in Mineiros, Goiás in Brazilian Cerrado bioma_

SpeciesNFlotationSedimentation

PositivesIdentificationPrevalencePositivesIdentificationPrevalence
Ara macao31Capillarinae33.3%3Entamoeba spp.; Capillarinae; Ascaridia spp.100%
Ara chloropterus21Capillarinae50%2Ascaridia spp.; Capillarinae100%
Ara ararauna11Capillarinae100%1Capillarinae100%
Ramphastos tucanus30-0%0-0%
Ramphastos dicolorus30-0%1NI*33.3%
Pteroglossus castanotis11Ascarididae100%0-0%
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus22Capillarinae; Ascarididae100%1Capillarinae; Trematoda50%
Megascops choliba10-0%0-0%
Stix huhula11Ascarididae100%0-0%
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2024-0019 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
Language: English
Page range: 166 - 173
Submitted on: Feb 14, 2024
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Accepted on: May 10, 2024
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Published on: Jul 16, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2024 I. S. Moraes, R. M. P. Moreira, R. B. Duarte, L. S. Prates, B. S. Alves-Ribeiro, H. T. Ferraz, R. C. Pacheco, Í. A. Braga, K. C. Saturnino, D. G. S. Ramos, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
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