First natural infection by Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom (Digenea, Heterophyidae) in an avian host, Ardea cocoi Linnaeus (Aves, Ciconiiformes, Ardeidae) in Brazil

Barros, Luciano Antunes; Arruda, Vanessa Santos de; Gomes, Delir Corrêa; Pinto, Roberto Magalhães

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BARROS, Luciano Antunes et al. First natural infection by Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom (Digenea, Heterophyidae) in an avian host, Ardea cocoi Linnaeus (Aves, Ciconiiformes, Ardeidae) in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, Curitiba, v. 19, n. 1, p. 151-155, 2002.

0101-8175

https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/36518

10.1590/S0101-81752002000100013

https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8866745

Autor

Barros, Luciano Antunes

Arruda, Vanessa Santos de

Gomes, Delir Corrêa

Pinto, Roberto Magalhães

Institución

Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Brasil)

Resumen

The first case of a natural avian infection caused by the digenetic trematode Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom, 1920 in Brazil, is reported from the ardeid bird Ardea cocoi Linnaeus, 1766. This represents a new host record and data on clinical and pathological findings are also reported.