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| Author(s): |
Mariele de Santi
[1]
;
Marcos Rogério André
[2]
;
Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe
[3]
;
Karin Werther
[4]
Total Authors: 4
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Departamento de Patologia Veterinária - Brasil
[2] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Departamento de Patologia Veterinária - Brasil
[3] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Reprodução Animal - Brasil
[4] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Departamento de Patologia Veterinária - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 4
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária; v. 26, n. 2, p. 248-251, 2017-06-00. |
| Abstract | |
Abstract This report presents a description of natural infection of an adult free-living guira cuckoo with Paratanaisia confusa. Histological and morphological evaluations of renal and parasite samples were performed. The morphological analysis of the parasites revealed spiny tegument, characteristic of P. confusa helminthes. Although macroscopic alterations were absent in the kidneys, the histopathology revealed parasites inside the collecting ducts causing dilatation and destruction of the lining epithelial cells in addition to small focal inflammatory infiltrates in the renal parenchyma. However, as the bird was free-living and naturally infected it was not possible to confirm if all these alterations were directly caused by the parasite presence or if they were related to causes other than the parasitism. Nonetheless, such findings indicate that these trematodes may have pathogenic potential in this host. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/22851-8 - Detection of infectious agents in wild animals by morphological, histopathological and molecular techniques |
| Grantee: | Karin Werther |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |