Fugassa M H, Sardella N H, Denegri G M
Laboratorio de Zoonosis Parasitarias, Deptamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET, Argentina.
J Parasitol. 2007 Apr;93(2):421-2. doi: 10.1645/GE-989R.1.
Organic remains attributable to one regurgitated pellet were examined. The pellet, belonging to a bird of prey and collected from a cave of Southern Patagonia, was dated at 6,540 +/- 110 yr. With standard paleoparasitological procedures, eggs of Capillaria sp. and a mite, Demodex sp., were found. The parasites found in the pellet belong to a rodent ingested by the bird. The present report constitutes the first paleoparasitological study of a regurgitated pellet.
对一个反刍食丸中的有机残留物进行了检查。该食丸属于一只猛禽，是从巴塔哥尼亚南部的一个洞穴中收集的，其年代测定为6540±110年。通过标准的古寄生虫学程序，发现了毛细线虫属的卵和一种螨，即蠕形螨属。在食丸中发现的寄生虫属于被这只鸟摄入的一只啮齿动物。本报告构成了对一个反刍食丸的首次古寄生虫学研究。
