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Year 2010 - Volume 30, Number 11
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Ectoparasites of wild animals in Maranhão, 30(11):988-990
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ABSTRACT.- Figueiredo M.A., Santos A.C.G. & Guerra R.M.S.N.C. 2010. [Ectoparasites of wild animals in Maranhão.] Ectoparasitos de animais silvestres no Maranhão. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 30(11):988-990. Departamento de Patologia, Curso de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Cidade Universitária Paulo VI, Tirirical, São Luis, MA 65055-970, Brazil. E-mail: grita62@hotmail.com
The objective of this study was to identify the ectoparasites of wild animals received by the Center of Wild Animals of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. The ectoparasites identified were: the lice Acidoproctus sp., Trinoton sp., Ciconiphilus sp., Austromenopon sp., Quadraceps sp., Saemundssonia sp., and Trichodectes canis; the ticks Amblyomma rotundatum and Rhipicephalus sanguineus; the fleas Ctenocephalides felis, and larvae of Cochliomyia hominivorax. The data presented register the infestation of wild mammals, reptiles and birds by ectoparasites. |
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