title: Identification of parasites in Puffinus puffinus (Birds, Procellariiformes) from Northeastern Brazil.
abstract: Studies on the parasitic fauna of migratory sea birds of the Puffinus genus are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify parasites of 16 specimens of Puffinus puffinus (Procellariiformes, Procellariidae) that died during the period of June 2011 to December 2011 at the Wildlife Screening Center (CETAS) of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) in Cabedelo, Paraíba. During necropsy, biting lice and/or gastrointestinal helminths were collected in seven (43.7 %) birds. Lice were collected in five (31.2 %) birds, and the species identified were Halipeurus diversus, Trabeculus aviator, Austromenopon paululum), Saemundssonia sp. and Naubates sp. The prevalence of helminths was also 31.2 %. The nematodes species were Seuratia shipleyi and Contracaecum sp., and cestodes were Tetrabothrius sp. This is the first record in Brazil of Naubates sp., Seuratia shipleyi, Contracaecum sp., and Tetrabothrius sp. in Puffinus puffinus.
authors: Post-Graduate Program in Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Patos, PB CEP: 58.108-110, Brazil. crisalicemelo@gmail.com
authors: Cristiane Maria Fernandes
authors: CM
authors: de Melo
authors: Jaqueline Bianque
authors: JB
authors: de Oliveira
authors: Ana Célia Rodrigues
authors: AC
authors: Athayde
authors: Antônio Flávio Medeiros
authors: AF
authors: Dantas
authors: Thais Ferreira
authors: TF
authors: Feitosa
authors: Vinícius Longo Ribeiro
authors: VL
authors: Vilela
authors: Danilo José Ayres
authors: DJ
authors: de Menezes
authors: Paulo Guilherme Carniel
authors: PG
authors: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D001938:Brazil; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*; D008003:Phthiraptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology