Martínez-Díaz R A, Castro A T, Herrera S, Ponce F
Departamento de Medicina Preventiva (Parasitología), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2001 Oct;96(7):961-3. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000700013.
In studies carried out on the parasites infecting ostriches (Struthio camelus) in Spain, trophozoites of Retortamonas sp. have been found in the intestinal contents of 28 out of 146 slaughtered ostriches. The species infecting ostriches could not be determined from the morphological data available. However, these findings are important as they constitute the first report of the genus Retortamonas in birds.
在对西班牙感染鸵鸟(鸵鸟属)的寄生虫进行的研究中,在146只被屠宰鸵鸟的28只的肠道内容物中发现了曲滴虫属的滋养体。根据现有形态学数据无法确定感染鸵鸟的物种。然而,这些发现很重要,因为它们构成了鸟类中曲滴虫属的首次报告。