TRICHINELLOID EGGS (NEMATODA) IN A SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL (MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS, PROCELLARIFORMES: PROCELLARIIDAE) FROM SOUTHERN BRAZIL

• Autores: Brandão, Martha, Siciliano, Salvatore, Chame, Marcia, Machado, Rodrigo, Luque, José Luis
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2008
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.unfv.edu.pe:article/1131
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unfv.edu.pe/NH/article/view/1131
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Helminths; Trichinelloidea; Macronectes giganteus; Birds; Brazil; Helmintos; Aves; Brasil

During the winter of 2003 the seabird (Macronectes giganteus) was found scrawny at Atlântida Sul beach, north coast of State of Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil. Fresh fecal sample were collected at CECLIMAR (Centro de Estudos Costeiros, Limnológicos e Marinhos da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) rehabilitation center and fixed in Railliet & Henry solution. Using spontaneous sedimentation technical to helminth eggs, 10 slides were obtained. All eggs found were of one species of Trichinelloidea superfamily (n=82). The eggs found here, are a new record of helminth parasite of Petrel.