PARASITES IN REPTILES OF THE CONSERVATION AND REHABILITATION CENTER FOR WILDLIFE ANIMALS OF AN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY-BRAZIL

Authors

  • Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques Laboratório de Helmintologia Veterinária. Faculdade de Veterinária/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9090 CEP 91540-000 Porto Alegre.RS Brasil
  • Jacqueline Meyer Discentes da Faculdade de Veterinária. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
  • Luiza de Campos Menetrier Discentes da Faculdade de Veterinária. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
  • Mary Jane Tweedie de Mattos Laboratório de Helmintologia Veterinária. Faculdade de Veterinária/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9090 CEP 91540-000 Porto Alegre.RS Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20211521198

Keywords:

Brazil, Crocodylia, Helminths, Reptiles, Squamata, Testudines

Abstract

The medical clinic for reptiles has grown in recent years, whether for attending free-living animals in rehabilitation centers or for pets. The knowledge of the parasitic fauna of the Reptilia Class is important for the identification of pathogenic agents and effective therapy. Fecal samples were collected from 35 animals of the Orders Crocodylia (N=3), Squamata (N=3) and Testudines (N=29) attended from 2013 to 2018 at the Center for Conservation and Rehabilitation of Wild Animals (PRESERVAS) of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Fecal samples were processed by the methods of Willis, Lutz and Sheather at the Laboratory of Helminthology at UFRGS. The percentage of positive samples was 17.14% (6/35): three Trachemys dorbogni (Duméril & Bibron 1835) presenting Serpinema spp., Physaloptera spp. and Strongyloidea, respectively; two Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) with Strongyloides spp. and Augusticaecum spp., respectively, and Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) with Eimeria spp. This study expands the list of parasites in reptiles from the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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Published

2021-08-27

How to Cite

Tietz Marques, S. M. ., Meyer, J. ., de Campos Menetrier, L. ., & Tweedie de Mattos, M. J. . (2021). PARASITES IN REPTILES OF THE CONSERVATION AND REHABILITATION CENTER FOR WILDLIFE ANIMALS OF AN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY-BRAZIL. Neotropical Helminthology, 15(2), 163–169. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20211521198

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