PHILOPHTHALMUS-GRALLI (DIGENEA, PHILOPHTHALMIDAE) PARASITE OF ANAS-BAHAMENSIS AND AMAZONETTA-BRASILIENSIS, FROM LAGOONS OF MARICA-COUNTY, RIO-DE-JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Authors
MUNIZPEREIRA LC AMATO SB
Citation
Lc. Munizpereira et Sb. Amato, PHILOPHTHALMUS-GRALLI (DIGENEA, PHILOPHTHALMIDAE) PARASITE OF ANAS-BAHAMENSIS AND AMAZONETTA-BRASILIENSIS, FROM LAGOONS OF MARICA-COUNTY, RIO-DE-JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 88(4), 1993, pp. 567-569
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz → ACNP
ISSN journal
00740276
Volume
88
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
567 - 569
Database
ISI
SICI code
0074-0276(1993)88:4<567:P(PPOA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Forty ducks, 18 Anas bahamensis (white-cheecked pintail) and 22 Amazon etta brasiliensis (Brazilian duck) from Marica and Guarapina lagoons, Marica, RJ. Brazil, were examined. The prevalence of Philophthalmus gr alli in A. bahamensis was 22.2% and in A. brasiliensis was 27.27%. Thi s is the first record of P. gralli in the Neotropical region, and A. b ahamensis and A. brasiliensis are new host records for P. gralli.