Gastrointestinal helminths of Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) from Stranger Point, 25 de Mayo/King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Parasitology Research
• Main Authors: Diaz, Julia Inés, Fusaro, Bruno, Longarzo, Maria Lucrecia, Coria, Néstor Rubén, Vidal, Virginia, Jerez, Silvia, Ortiz, Juana, Barbosa, Andrés
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Helminths; Gentoo Penguins; Parorchites Zederi; Stegophorus Macronectes; Tetramares Wetzeli; Corynosoma Shackletoni; Antarctica; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; King George Island; Argentino; Argentina; Ortiz; 25 de Mayo; Diaz; Silvia; Coria; Stranger Point; Vidal; Antarc*; Gentoo penguin; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/10103

The aim of this work is to contribute to the knowledge of gastrointestinal parasites of the Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) from 25 de Mayo/King George Island (South Shetlands, Antarctica). Gastrointestinal tracts of 37 fresh dead individuals (21 chicks, 10 juveniles, and 6 adults) were collected...