title: [Acuariosis in Numida meleagris (Aves: Numididae)].
abstract: A case of gastric nematodiasis is described in a gineafowl (Numida meleagris) from the Municipal Zoo, Presidencia Roque Saenz Peña (Chaco) Argentina. Nematodes obtained from the glandular stomach were observed in optic microscopy. According to their morphometric characteristics and location in the definitive host, were identified as belonging to the family Acuariidae, subfamily Acuariinae, species Dispharynx nasuta Rudolphi, 1819.
authors.affiliation: Programa Patologías de Vertebrados Silvestres del Nordeste Argentino, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Ortiz de Rott
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Santa Cruz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Héctor Resoagli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology*; D009348:Nematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D013270:Stomach / Q000469:parasitology
vernacular_title: Acuariosis en Numida meleagris (Aves: Numididae).