Title |
Parasites of the Southern silvery grebe Podiceps occipitalis (Aves, Podicipedidae) in Chile
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Published in |
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, September 2017
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DOI | 10.1590/s1984-29612017015 |
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Authors |
Daniel González-Acuña, Sebastián Llanos-Soto, Carlos Landaeta-Aqueveque, Felipe González, John Mike Kinsella, Sergey Mironov, Armando Cicchino, Carlos Barrientos, Gonzalo Torres-Fuentes, Lucila Moreno |
Abstract |
A total of 97 southern silvery grebes (Podiceps occipitalis), which died as the result of an oil spill on the coast of central Chile, were examined for ecto- and endoparasites. Two lice species including Aquanirmus rollandii (Philopteridae) and Pseudomenopon dolium (Menoponidae) were found from 6.2% (6/97) of birds. In 91.7% (89/97) of cases, grebes were infected with some kind of helminths. Three species of gastrointestinal helminths were detected: Eucoleus contortus (Nematoda), Profilicollis bullocki (Acanthocephala), and Confluaria sp. (Cestoda). In addition, Pelecitus fulicaeatrae (Nematoda) was removed from the tibiotarsal-tarsometatarsal articulation in 13.4% (13/97) of the specimens examined. To our knowledge, these are the first records of A. rollandii, E. contortus, and Confluaria sp. as parasites of P. occipitalis. In addition, these findings expand the distributional range of A. rollandii, E. contortus, P. fulicaeatrae, and Confluaria sp. to Chile. |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
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Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
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Unknown | 17 | 100% |
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Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 24% |
Researcher | 2 | 12% |
Other | 1 | 6% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 6% |
Other | 2 | 12% |
Unknown | 6 | 35% |
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Environmental Science | 4 | 24% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 18% |
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 12% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 12% |
Unknown | 6 | 35% |