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Year 2012 - Volume 32, Number 10
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Qualitative survey of parasites genera on fecal samples of alligators in a commercial closed farming system in the state of Rio de Janeiro, 32(10):1045-1049
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ABSTRACT.- Batista A.M.B., Da Costa Pereira M.A.V., Vita G.F., Barbosa C.G., Silva Antonio I.M., Barros S.C.W., Magalhães A.R. & Freitas J.P. 2012. [Qualitative survey of parasites genera on fecal samples of alligators in a commercial closed farming system in the state of Rio de Janeiro.] Levantamento qualitativo de gêneros de parasitos em amostras fecais de jacarés criados comercialmente em sistema fechado no estado do Rio de Janeiro. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 32(10):1045-1049. Setor de Parasitologia, Hospital Veterinário, Laboratório de Sanidade Animal, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ 28013-602, Brazil. E-mail: angelicadacostapereira@yahoo.com.br
The objective of this paper was to diagnose qualitatively parasite genera found in environmental fecal samples of alligators (Caiman latirostris Daudin, 1802) commercially bred from 2008 to 2009 in a closed farming system in the state of Rio de Janeiro. A total of 300 samples were collected from 150 young, 80 fattening and 70 breeding processed by two different methods, the flotation (method of Willis-Mollay) and simple sedimentation (method of Lutz), according to Hoffmann (1987). The samples were then examined by optical microscopy. The results revealed presence of Eimeria and Isospora oocysts, Balantidium cysts, and Acanthostomum and Dujardinascaris eggs. |
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