Natural Hosts of Notocotylus breviserialis (Digenea, Notocotylidae) Parasite of Brazilian Waterfowl

Notocotylus breviserialis has been collected from Anas bahamenis L. and Amazonetta brasiliensis (Gmelin), in Marica, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the first time that this digenean is collected as adult in its natural hosts, and this is its first record for the Neotropical region. The preva...

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Published inMemórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Vol. 90; no. 6; pp. 711 - 714
Main Authors Muniz-Pereira, Luís Cláudio, Amato, Suzana B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Brazil Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz 01.12.1995
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Subjects
Amazonetta
Amazonetta brasiliensis
Anas
Anas - Amazonetta
Anas bahamensis
Anatidae
Brazil
Digenea
Freshwater
natural host
Neotropical region
Notocotylus
Notocotylus breviserialis
PARASITOLOGY
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Marica
Anas
natural host
Notocotylus breviserialis
Notocotylus
Neotropical region
Digenea
Brazil
Amazonetta
Anatidae
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Summary:Notocotylus breviserialis has been collected from Anas bahamenis L. and Amazonetta brasiliensis (Gmelin), in Marica, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the first time that this digenean is collected as adult in its natural hosts, and this is its first record for the Neotropical region. The prevalence of N. breviserialis was 5.56% and 18.18% in A. bahamensis and in A. brasiliensis, respectively. New morphological data about the location of the vitelline glands and previtellinic space measurements are presented.
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ISSN:1678-8060
0074-0276
1678-8060
0074-0276
DOI:10.1590/S0074-02761995000600011