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SUBMITTER: Diaz EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9489518 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Díaz Eduardo A EA Donoso Gustavo G Mosquera Juan D JD Ramírez-Villacís Darío X DX González Gerardo G Zapata Sonia S Cisneros-Heredia Diego F DF
International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife 20220908
Helminths are not usually considered important pathogens for birds of prey. There is a single published report of mortality in raptors due to an air sac trematode infection. We report a well-documented death case from massive infection by an air sac trematode of the family Cyclocoelidae in a wild-caught, juvenile male Snail Kite (<i>Rostrhamus sociabilis</i>) in Ecuador. The necropsy of a Snail Kite revealed more than 200 trematodes among air sacs, lungs, heart, gizzard, proventriculus, and live ...[more]