%0 Journal Article
%T Fauna parasitaria gastrointestinal en el ping¨¹ino Adelia (Pygoscelis adeliae) de zona ant¨¢rtica especialmente protegida (ZAEPN¡ã150)
%A FREDES
%A FERNANDO
%A RAFFO
%A EDUARDO
%A MU£¿OZ
%A PAMELA
%A HERRERA
%A MARCELA
%A GODOY
%A CLAUDIA
%J Parasitolog¨ªa latinoamericana
%D 2008
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0717-77122008000100011
%X one hundred and sixty seven fecal samples and three complete digestive tracts obtained from these penguins were analyzed using different parasitological methodologies. the presence oftetrabothrius spp. eggs (cestoda: pseudophyllida), and the observation of sporozoa oocists and nematoda eggs both of undetermined species in the fecal samples is reported. in the same way a large number of nematodes identified as streptocara spp. (nematoda: acuariidae) in different evolutionary stages in stomach, and the recovery of a whole 81 cm. tetrabothrius spp. specimen (without the scolex) and one inmature tapeworm (cestoda: cyclophyllida) with unarmed rostellum in guts of ad¨¦liepenguins chiks found dead in a protected zone of the antarctic territory is reported.
%K ad¨¦lie penguin
%K streptocara
%K tetrabothrius
%K antarctic territory.
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