Coimbra Marco A A, Mascarenhas Carolina S, Krüger Cristiane, Muller Gertrud
Wild Fauna Rehabilitation Center (NURFS/CETAS), Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), P.O. Box 354, CEP 96010-900, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
J Parasitol. 2009 Aug;95(4):1011-2. doi: 10.1645/GE-1948.1.
Columbina picui (picui ground-dove) is a small, diurnal columbid bird that lives, in couples or flocks, in open areas in the countryside and urban centers. The species occurs in Brazil and other countries in South America. The aim of this study was to identify the helminths that parasitize C. picui in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Thirty-four specimens were necropsied; in each case, the organs were isolated and examined separately. The nematodes and their prevalences were: Ascaridia columbae (26.5%) and Ornithostrongylus iheringi (11.8%) in the small intestine; Dispharynx nasuta in the proventriculus (5.9%) and gizzard (2.9%); and a Dispharynx sp. (2.9%) in the proventriculus. This is the first report of D. nasuta parasitizing C. picui in Brazil and the first record of A. columbae and O. iheringi infecting C. picui in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
皮氏鸽(Columbina picui)是一种小型昼行性鸽形目鸟类,成对或成群生活在农村和城市中心的开阔区域。该物种分布于巴西和南美洲的其他国家。本研究的目的是确定寄生于巴西南部南里奥格兰德州皮氏鸽的蠕虫。对34只标本进行了尸检;在每种情况下,都将器官分离并分别检查。线虫及其感染率如下:小肠中的鸽蛔虫(Ascaridia columbae,26.5%)和伊氏鸟圆线虫(Ornithostrongylus iheringi,11.8%);腺胃中的鼻咽双口线虫(Dispharynx nasuta,5.9%)和砂囊中的(2.9%);以及腺胃中的一种双口线虫属(Dispharynx sp.,2.9%)。这是巴西关于鼻咽双口线虫寄生于皮氏鸽的首次报告,也是巴西南里奥格兰德州鸽蛔虫和伊氏鸟圆线虫感染皮氏鸽的首次记录。