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Year 2013 - Volume 33, Number 1
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Contracaecum pelagicum and C. plagiaticium (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infection in Magellanic penguins (Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae) on the coast of Rio de Janeiro State, 33(1):89-93
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ABSTRACT.- Campos S.D.E., Pereira B.B.N., Siciliano S., Costa C.H.C., Almosny N.R.P. & Brener B. 2013. Contracaecum pelagicum and C. plagiaticium (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infection in Magellanic penguins (Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae) on the coast of Rio de Janeiro State. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 33(1):89-93. Departamento de Patologia e Clínica Veterinária, Faculdade de Veterinária Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Vital Brazil Filho 64, Vital Brazil, Niterói, RJ 21230-360, Brazil. E-mail: s.destri@gmail.com
The occurrence of infections and the disease induced by Contracaecum plagiaticium and Contracaecum pelagicum in Magellanic penguins, Spheniscus magellanicus Foster. 1781 (Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae) were reported on the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Parasites of the genus Contracaecum were present in all of the 11 studied animals. Co-infections by Csontracaecum pelagicum and C. plagiaticium were observed in three hosts (27.27%). Gross lesions included hyperemia of the esophagus and/or stomach in six animals (54.54%). One of these animals (9.09%), parasitized by C. plagiaticium, presented a hemorrhagic area in the gastric mucosa. Histopathological findings demonstrated esophagitis with helminthes segments inserted in the epithelium, showing discrete mixed inflammatory infiltrate of heterophils and mononuclear cells. These parasites may be associated with other diseases, implicating in death of the penguins. |
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