Ocorrência de Ascaridia galli e Heterakis gallinarum em galinha-d’angola (Numida meleagris) no estado de Rondônia, Brasil

Boroviec, Bruna BastosGasparotto, Paulo Henrique GilioDantas Filho, Jeronimo VieiraPeixoto, Renato MesquitaViana, Geysa AlmeidaRocha, Ana Sabrina Coutinho MarquesDaudt, CíntiaSilva, Flavio Roberto Chaves da

Background: Parasitic diseases are among the problems that most affect birds. The Ascaridia spp. is one of the genera which is responsible for the main infections, and the Ascaridia. galli is the most frequent species found in birds. The Ascaridia spp. egg is oval and present a smooth shell which could be mistaken with the Heterakis gallinarum eggs, once they are the most frequent parasites in birds. Therefore, this case report describes the occurrence of Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarum in a guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) feces and gut. Case: In January 2017, rain season in northern Brazil, a visit was performed to a free range avian breeding property in the municipality of São Miguel do Guaporé in the state of Rondônia, Brazilian Amazonian Region. The property breeds two chicken species: Gallus gallus domesticus and Numida meleagris as well as one quail species. The problem was related to the guinea fowl breeding which was composed by 50 adults and 45 young birds about two or three weeks old. All 45 young guinea fowl were presenting various clinical signs, which included: yellowish catarrhal diarrhea, isolation, loss of appetite, body weight, ruffled feathers, drooping wings and sternal prominence. All animals that presented the clinical signs as ruffled feathers, drooping wings and sternal prominence died on an average of 24 h and the mortality was of 65.9% (29/45). Subsequently, a three-week old bird corpse was necropsied, and it was observed that its intestines presented a large…(AU)

1. parasitologia
2. resistência anti-helmíntica
3. endoparasitas
4. aves
5. birds
6. anthelmintic resistance
7. parasitology
8. endoparasites