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Endo y Ectoparásitos en Avestruces en Chile by Mario González is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes the results of a study on the detection of internal and external parasites in ostriches (Struthio camelus) bred on farms in regions VI and Metropolitan 1 of Chile. Fecal and feather samples were collected from birds on 4 farms and analyzed in June-July 2001. The study found Balantidium struthionis protozoan cysts in 11.11% of fecal samples and strongyloid-type nematode eggs in 9.3% of samples. A new mallophaga species, Struthiolipeurus rheae, was found on 29.77% of birds from the Met
- Author
- Mario González
- Language
- EN