CHEWING LICE (Phthiraptera) FROM CRESTED CARACARA (Caracara plancus, Falconidae) IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

  • Plínio Aguiar Oliveira
  • Jerônimo Lopes Ruas Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Luciana Siqueira Santos
  • Natália Soares Martins
  • Sara Patron da Motta
  • Carolina Caetano dos Santos Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Felipe Geraldo Pappen
  • Nara Amélia Farias

Resumo

This study was carried out to detect chewing lice species occurring on Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) in Southern Brazil between January 2014 and December 2018. For this aim, the road-kill birds were collected for parasitological studies at the Biology Institute, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology of the Federal University of Pelotas. Fourteen road-kill birds were examined for ectoparasites. The birds were washed with water and detergent for the collection of ectoparasites by filtration using a 150 μm mesh sieve. The samples were separated into pellet and supernatant and were kept in microcentrifuge tubes containing ethyl alcohol 70% for the screening procedures and identification. A total of 794 specimens of lice were collected and examined, presenting the following breakdown by Amblycera suborder: Colpocephalum flavescens (753/94.84%), Laemobothrion vulturis (9/1.13%), and Ischnocera suborder: Caracaricola chimangophilus (30/3.78%) and Lipeurus sp. (2/0.25%). It was found that all the caracara examined were parasitized by one or more species of Phthiraptera, with multiple or moderate level of infestation (101 to 1,000 lice/birds). C. flavescens was the most frequent and abundant species with 100% of the birds parasitized and an average of 53,7 lice/birds.

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Biografia do Autor

Jerônimo Lopes Ruas, Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Médico Veterinário PhD-UFRGS
Publicado
2020-09-17
Como Citar
Oliveira, P. A., Ruas, J. L., Santos, L. S., Martins, N. S., da Motta, S. P., Santos, C. C. dos, Pappen, F. G., & Farias, N. A. (2020). CHEWING LICE (Phthiraptera) FROM CRESTED CARACARA (Caracara plancus, Falconidae) IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL. Science and Animal Health, 7(3), 172-179. https://doi.org/10.15210/sah.v7i3.16384
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Ciência Veterinária Básica