PREVALENCE OF ENDOPARASITES IN FECAL SAMPLES OF EXOTIC AND WILD BIRDS EXAMINED IN THE LABORATORY OF ORNITOPATOLOGY AND LABORATORY OF PARASITICS DISEASES OF THE FMVZ – UNESP/BOTUCATU, SP

Authors

  • Guilherme Augusto Marietto-Gonçalves Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Thiago Fernandes Martins Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Edna Tereza de Lima Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Raimundo de Souza Lopes Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Raphael Lucio Andreatti Filho Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil

Keywords:

Sanidade Animal, Aves

Abstract

Among the various sanitary problems affecting birds, parasitic diseases are some of the most common ones. This study analyses the prevalence of endoparasites in 20 fecal samples of wild and exotic birds attended at the Ornitopathology and Parasitic Diseases Laboratories of the Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootecnics, São Paulo State University (FMVZ-UNESP), campus Botucatu. After confirmation of eggs, cysts or oocysts through direct fecal test, Faust technique and Willis Method were performed on feces. Eggs of three genera of nematodes as well as cysts of four genera of protozoaries were found in five of 12 avian orders, with the order Passeriformes representing the most of the parasited individuals.

KEY WORDS: Birds, ornitopathology, parasitology.

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Published

2009-04-03

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MARIETTO-GONÇALVES, Guilherme Augusto; MARTINS, Thiago Fernandes; LIMA, Edna Tereza de; LOPES, Raimundo de Souza; FILHO, Raphael Lucio Andreatti. PREVALENCE OF ENDOPARASITES IN FECAL SAMPLES OF EXOTIC AND WILD BIRDS EXAMINED IN THE LABORATORY OF ORNITOPATOLOGY AND LABORATORY OF PARASITICS DISEASES OF THE FMVZ – UNESP/BOTUCATU, SP. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 1, p. 349–354, 2009. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1300. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2009)

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Nota Científica

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