title: First Report of Kidney Lesions Due to Renicola sp. (Digenea: Trematoda) in Free-Living Magellanic Penguins ( Spheniscus magellanicus Forster, 1781) Found on the Coast of Brazil.
abstract: This paper presents the first report of parasites from the genus Renicola sp. in the kidneys of Magellanic penguins. The histological analysis revealed inflammatory infiltrate (eonsinophils, lymphocytes, and plasmocytes), together with fibroplasia and compression of the adjacent ducts.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro-UENF, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jerdy
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro-UENF, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baldassin
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro-UENF, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Werneck
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro-UENF, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro-UENF, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro-UENF, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil.
authors.forename: E C Q
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000662:veterinary; D046429:Spheniscidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*