Acuariidae (Nematoda) in Procellariiformes (Aves) on the southern coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

• Main Authors: Schramm,Camila Costa, Mascarenhas,Carolina Silveira, Gastal,Silvia Bainy, Scheer,Simone, Müller,Gertrud, Robaldo,Ricardo Berteaux
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinária 2018
• Subjects: Nematoda; albatrosses; petrels; parasites; prevalence; infection rates; Giganteus; Diomedea exulans; Macronectes giganteus
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612018000100008

Abstract Acuariidae nematodes are normally found in the digestive tract of aquatic birds, including Procellariiformes. Were examined Calonectris borealis (n = 4), Diomedea exulans (n = 1), Macronectes giganteus (n = 8), Thalassarche chlororhynchos (n = 5), Thalassarche melanophrys (n = 15), Procella...