Air Sac Nematode ( Serratospiculum tendo) Infection in an Austral Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus cassini) in Argentina.
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2019-01Author
Ibarra, Jennifer
Mera y Sierra, Roberto Luis
Neira, Gisela
Ibaceta, Daniel
Saggese, Miguel
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ARTÍCULO PUBLICADO EN REVISTA EXTERNA. We report a case of air sac nematode
(Serratospiculum tendo) infection in an adult male
Austral Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus cassini)
admitted to a rehabilitation center in Mendoza
Province, Argentina, in September 2017. This
case of air sac nematodes reported in an
Argentine raptor is only the second report of S.
tendo in South America. We recommend examination
of all raptors, especially those falcon
species that include insects in their diet and
inhabit open lands and those in rehabilitation
centers or kept for falconry, education, or captive
breeding. Fecal analysis and microscopic examination
of oral swabs for evidence of parasites are
simple noninvasive diagnostic procedures that
allow easy detection of these parasites under field
and captive circumstances. Sitio de la revista: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jwd/article/55/1/179/9623/Air-Sac-Nematode-Serratospiculum-tendo-Infection Fil: Ibarra, Jennifer. Wildlife Rehabilitation Center–Fundación Cullunche, Universidad Juan Agustín Maza, Jujuy 951 (5500) Ciudad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina. Fil: Mera y Sierra, Roberto Luis. Regional Parasitology Research Center, Universidad Juan Agustín Maza, Av. Acceso Este, Lateral Sur 2245, Guaymallén, Mendoza, Argentina. Fil: Neira Gisela. Regional Parasitology Research Center, Universidad Juan Agustín Maza, Av. Acceso Este, Lateral Sur 2245, Guaymallén, Mendoza, Argentina. Fil: Ibaceta, Daniel E. J. Animal Anatomical Pathology Laboratory, Universidad Juan Agustín Maza, Av. Acceso Este, Lateral Sur 2245, Guaymallén, Mendoza, Argentina. Fil: Saggese Miguel. College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E Second St., Pomona, California 91766, USA.
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