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First natural infection by Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom (Digenea, Heterophyidae) in an avian host, Ardea cocoi Linnaeus (Aves, Ciconiiformes, Ardeidae) in Brazil

  • Barros L
  • Arruda V
  • Gomes D
  • et al.
Revista Brasileira de Zoologia (2002) 19(1) 151-155
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81752002000100013
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Abstract

The first case of a natural avian infection caused by the digenetic trematode Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom, 1920 in Brazil, is reported from the ardeid bird Ardea cocoi Linnaeus, 1766. This represents a new host record and data on clinical and pathological findings are also reported.

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Barros, L. A., Arruda, V. S. de, Gomes, D. C., & Pinto, R. M. (2002). First natural infection by Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom (Digenea, Heterophyidae) in an avian host, Ardea cocoi Linnaeus (Aves, Ciconiiformes, Ardeidae) in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 19(1), 151–155. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0101-81752002000100013

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