Pulchrosoma pulchrosoma (Trematoda: Cathaemasiidae) in ringed kingfishers (Megaceryle torquata torquata) from Iquitos, Peru: with inferences on life-cycle features.
In the winter of 2001, four Ringed kingfishers (Megaceryle torquata torquata) were imported from Iquitos, Peru for the zoological garden Faunia in Madrid. Two individuals were necropsied, and infections by the digenean trematode Pulchrosoma pulchrosoma were discovered inside granulomas located in the lung, trachea and coelomic cavity. The life cycle of this trematode species is unknown. In one case the host maintained the parasite infection for at least 5 months, which represents a relatively long prepatency period. Moreover, the body locations in the hosts may suggest that the parasite is able to actively cross the lungs from the coelomic cavity to propagate.
Merino
Santiago
S
Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Cl José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. santiagom@mncn.csic.es
Martínez
Javier
J
Alcántara
Gabriel
G
Navarro
Mercedes
M
Mas-Coma
Santiago
S
Rodríguez-Caabeiro
Filomena
F
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D014200:Trematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*