Cormorán imperial, Phalacrocorax atriceps (Aves, Phalacrocoracidae): Nuevo hospedero para un parásito respiratorio, Cyathostoma (Cyathostoma) phenisci (Nematoda, Syngamidae)

In a small scale study, 5 specimens belonging to 4 species of Chilean cormorants were studied. From them, the imperial shag, Phalacrocorax atriceps, harboured the nematode Cyathostoma (Cyathostoma) phenisci, meanwhile in the other 3 cormorant species that were necropsied, no parasites were found. All the hosts came from the southern Chile, and were collected during 2013. Only 3 nematodes were found and all of them were inside the trachea; 2 of them were copulating, and the female was ovigerous, meaning that the imperial shag would be a suitable host for this parasite. This is the first record of C. (C.) phenisci in a cormorant. At necropsy, the bird was emaciated, however no lesions were found within the trachea.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Oyarzún-Ruiz,Pablo, Muñoz-Alvarado,Pamela
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	Spanish / Castilian
Published:	Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar 2015
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572015000300013
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