Gastrointestinal Parasites in the Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) of Galápagos.
Using a fecal flotation technique, we detected three genera of endoparasites in the critically endangered Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) of Galápagos. These genera were Contracaecum, Tetrabothrius, and Cardiocephaloides. Juvenile albatrosses were more likely to be infected than adults, but we found no effect of sex or mass on infection probability.
1  Department of Sciences, Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador.
Gustavo
G
Jiménez-Uzcátegui
1  Department of Sciences, Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador.|2  Veterinary Medicine College, Central University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
María Soledad
MS
Sarzosa
2  Veterinary Medicine College, Central University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Edison
E
Encalada
4  Galápagos National Park Directorate, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador.
Richar
R
Rodríguez-Hidalgo
5  Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
Kathryn P
KP
Huyvaert
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D004484:Ecuador / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary