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Ectoparásitos de la perdiz chilena (Nothoprocta perdicaria) en la provincia de Ñuble, Chile

2003; Volume: 58; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4067/s0717-77122003000100013

0717-7712

DANIEL GONZÁLEZ, Arwid Daugschies, KLAUS OHLMEYER, L. Rubilar, Oscar Skewes, Eberhard Mey,

Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

a total of 51 chilean tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria) were collected in Ñuble Province (Chile) and the following ectoparasites prevalences were found; Rhynchothura teres (9.2 %), Heptapsogaster sp.(90.2 %), Menacanthus nothoproctae (39.2%),Heptapsogaster testudo (19.6%),Allosathes sp.(80.4 %), Amblyomma sp.(11.8 %) and a mite from the Trombiculidae family (15.7 %).Excepting R. teres, the other ectoparasites represent their first record in the chilean tinamou.