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Title: | Helminths of sotalia guianensis (Cetacea: Delphinidae) from the South and Southeastern coasts of Brazil |
Authors: | Marigo, Juliana Ruoppolo, Valéria Weber Rosas, Fernando Cesar Valente, Ana Luísa Schifino Oliveira, M. R. Dias, Ricardo Augusto Catão-Dias, José Luiz |
Keywords: | Acanthocephala (worms) Animalsia Anisakis Anisakis Sp. Braunina Cordiformis Cetacea Delphinidae Halocercus Sotalia Fluviatilis Sotalia Guianensis Synthesium Tursionis Trematoda Vermes Acanthocephala Animals Anisakis Dolphin Female Helminthiasis, Animals Isolation And Purification Male Nematode Parasitology Trematode Acanthocephala Animal Anisakis Dolphins Female Helminthiasis, Animals Male Nematoda Trematoda |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Journal of Wildlife Diseases |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 46, Número 2, Pags. 599-602 |
Abstract: | From May 1997 to October 2000, 49 Sotalia guianensis (tucuxi dolphin) incidentally caught in fishing nets or stranded in São Paulo (SP) and Paraná (PR) states in Brazil were necropsied. In total, 17 lungs, 35 stomachs, and 30 intestines were analyzed. Contents were washed through a sieve (mesh, 1.50 mm) and examined under a stereoscopic microscope for parasites. Histopathologic analyses were performed in the lungs of five infected dolphins. The nematode Halocercus brasilienste was found in 88% of all lungs examined, inducing moderate-to-severe pneumonia. Braunina cordiformis, Anisakis sp., and acanthocephalans were found in the stomachs. The trematode Synthesium tursionis was the only parasite found in the intestines, and it was identified in 73% of the animals necropsied. No macroscopic lesions were seen due to parasites in the stomachs and intestines analyzed. © Wildlife Disease Association 2010. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.599 |
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