Cardozo Sergian Vianna, Berto Bruno Pereira, Caetano Inês, Maniero Viviane Camara, Santos Marcos, Fonseca Isabel Pereira da, Lopes Carlos Wilson Gomes
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biomedicina Translacional, Universidade do Grande Rio - UNIGRANRIO, Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brasil.
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ, Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2017 Jul-Sep;26(3):348-351. doi: 10.1590/S1984-29612017053.
The little owl Athene noctua (Scopoli, 1769) is a small raptor that is widely distributed from northern to southern Portugal and several other countries in Europe, Asia and North Africa, and which has been introduced into New Zealand. In the current study, 18 fecal samples were collected from little owls kept at the Lisbon Center for Wild Animal Recovery, which is located in Monsanto Forest Park, Lisbon, Portugal. Twelve (67%) of them were found to be passing an undescribed species of Avispora in their feces. The oocysts of Avispora mochogalegoi n. sp. were ellipsoidal with a bilayered wall and measured 38.9 × 32.9 µm, with a shape index of 1.18. No micropyle, oocyst residuum or polar granule was present. The sporocysts were subspherical, measuring 21.1 × 20.1 µm. Stieda, sub-Stieda and para-Stieda bodies were absent. The sporocyst residuum was composed of a compact subspherical mass of granules. This is the fourth species of Avispora reported in Strigiformes.
小雕鸮（Athene noctua）（斯科波利，1769年）是一种小型猛禽，广泛分布于葡萄牙北部至南部以及欧洲、亚洲和北非的其他几个国家，并且已被引入新西兰。在当前的研究中，从位于葡萄牙里斯本蒙桑托森林公园的里斯本野生动物康复中心饲养的小雕鸮收集了18份粪便样本。其中12份（67%）被发现其粪便中排出一种未描述的艾美球虫属物种。莫乔加莱戈艾美球虫（Avispora mochogalegoi）新种的卵囊呈椭圆形，有双层壁，大小为38.9×32.9 µm，形状指数为1.18。无微孔、卵囊残体或极粒。孢子囊呈近球形，大小为21.1×20.1 µm。无斯氏体、亚斯氏体和副斯氏体。孢子囊残体由紧密的近球形颗粒团组成。这是在鸮形目中报道的第四种艾美球虫属物种。
