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• Rev. Bras. Zool. 22 (4) • Dec 2005 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81752005000400005   copy

First report of a natural helminth infection in the Japanese quail Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel (Aves, Phasianidae, Galliformes) in the neotropical region

Primeiro relato de infecção helmíntica natural na codorna-doméstica Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel (Aves, Phasianidae, Galliformes) na região neotropical

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The present findings are related to the report of the first natural helminth infection in the Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1849 in Brazil. The kidney trematode Tanaisia inopina Freitas, 1951 is referred for the first time in the investigated host.

Birds; Brazil; helminths

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