Title |
Gastrointestinal and external parasitism in the Magellanic Horned Owl Bubo magellanicus (Strigiformes: Strigidae) in Chile
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Published in |
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, June 2018
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DOI | 10.1590/s1984-296120180013 |
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Authors |
Alexandra Grandón-Ojeda, José Osvaldo Valdebenito, Lucila Moreno, John Mike Kinsella, Sergey Mironov, Armando Cicchino, Carlos Barrientos, Daniel González-Acuña |
Abstract |
To describe the parasitic community of the Magellanic Horned Owl, Bubo magellanicus (Aves, Strigiformes), 19 carcasses from central Chile were analyzed. Ectoparasites were collected through plumage inspection, while endoparasites were collected through traditional techniques of parasitological necropsy. Sixteen owls were infected with at least one species of ectoparasite (84.21%) or endoparasite (31.58%). Eleven of 19 birds (57.89%) harbored feather mites of the three species Pandalura cirrata (42.11%), Glaucalges attenuatus (47.37%), and Kramerella sp. (10.53%), whereas 16 individuals (84.21%) harbored the chewing louse Strigiphilus chilensis. Only six birds (31.58%) were infected with helminths; the nematodes Capillaria tenuissima (26.32%) and Dispharynx nasuta (5.26%); the acanthocephalan Centrorhynchus spinosus (5.26%); and the trematode Neodiplostomum sp. (5.26%). Apart from S . chilensis, all parasites comprised new records for B . magellanicus. |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Unknown | 19 | 100% |
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Student > Master | 5 | 26% |
Student > Bachelor | 4 | 21% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 11% |
Professor | 1 | 5% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 5 | 26% |
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Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 6 | 32% |
Environmental Science | 2 | 11% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 11% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 11% |
Engineering | 1 | 5% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 6 | 32% |