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

Barros, Luciano Antunes; Arruda, Vanessa Santos de; Gomes, Delir Corrêa; Pinto, Roberto Magalhães

doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000100013

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.

Digenea; Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa; parasitic infection; Ardea cocoi; birds; pathology; trematode; parasite; Brazil

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

Luciano Antunes Barros^I; Vanessa Santos de Arruda^I; Delir Corrêa Gomes^I,II; Roberto Magalhães Pinto^I,II,III

^ILaboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Vertebrados, Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Avenida Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

^IICNPq research fellows

^IIICorresponding author. E-mail: rmpinto@ioc.fiocruz.br

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.

Key words: Digenea, Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa, parasitic infection, Ardea cocoi, birds, pathology, trematode, parasite, Brazil

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. To Dr. Anibal Coutinho de Lemos, DVM, for the help with the treatment and necropsy of the host; to Romney Lima, Laboratório de Produção e Processamento de Imagens/Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), for technical photographic support.

Recebido em 20.VII.2001; aceito em 14.II.2002.

Barros, L. A. 2001, Parasites and parasitic diseases of South American Ciconiiformes, p. 87-94. In: M.E. Fowler & Z.S. Cubas (Eds). Biology, medicine and surgery of South American wild animals Iowa, Iowa State Univ. Press, 536p.
Barros, L.A. & S.B. Amato. 1995a. Infecções experimentais em gatos (Felis domestica) com metacercárias de Phagicola longus. Rev. Univ. Rural, Sér. Ciênc. da Vida, Seropédica, 17 (2): 49-54.
______. 1995b. Aspectos patológicos observados em hamsters (Mesocricetus auritus) infectados experimentalmente com metacercárias de Phagicola longus (Ranson, 1920) Price, 1932 (Digenea, Heterophyidae). Rev. Brasil. Parasitol. Vet. 4 (1): 43-48.
______. 1996. Infecções experimentais de cães com metacercárias de Phagicola longus (Ranson, 1920) Price, 1932. Rev. Brasil. Parasitol. Vet. 5 (2): 61-64.
Chieffi, P.P.; M.C.O. Gorla; D.M.A.G.V. Torres; R.M.D.S. Dias; A.C. Mangini; A.V. Monteiro & E. Woiciechovski. 1992. Human infection by Phagicola sp. (Trematoda, Heterophyidae) in the municipality of Registro, São Paulo State, Brazil. Jour. Trop. Med. Hyg. 95: 346-348.
Chieffi, P.P.; O.H. Leite; R.M.D. Souza-Dias; D.M.A.V. Torres & A.C.S. Mangini. 1990. Human parasitism by Phagicola sp (Trematoda, Heterophyidae) in Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. São Paulo 32: 285-288.
Hutton, R.F. & F. Sogandares-Bernal. 1960. A list of parasites from marine and coastal animals of Florida, Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 79: 287-292.
Kocan, A.A. 1974. Some helminth parasites of the American bald eagle. Jour. Wildl. Dis. 10: 8-10.
Manfredi, M.T.; M. Oneto. 1997. Phagicola longa (Heterophyidae) in dogs from Chile: morphological findings and taxonomical problems. Parasitologia 39: 9-11.
Muniz-Pereira, L.C. & S. Amato. 1995. Natural hosts of Notocotylus breviserialis (Digenea, Notocotylidae) parasite of Brazilian waterfowl. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 90: 711-714.
Oshima, T. 1987. Anisakiasis - is the sushi bar guilty? Parasitol. Today 3: 44-48.
Pinto, O.M.O. 1978. Novo catálogo das aves do Brasil. 1. São Paulo, Imprensa Gráfica da Revista dos Tribunais, 446p.
Ranson, B.H. 1920. Synopsis of the trematode family Heterophyidae with descriptions of a new genus and five new species. Proc. Nat. Mus. 57: 527-73.
Sepulveda, M.S.; M.G. Spalding; J.M. Kinsella; R.D. Bjork & G.S. McLaughlin. 1994. Helminths of the roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja in Southern Florida. Jour. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 61: 179-189.
Scholz, T. 1999. Taxonomic study of Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom, 1920 (Digenea: Heterophyidae) and related taxa. Syst. Parasitol. 43: 147-158.

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[1] Barros, L. A. 2001, Parasites and parasitic diseases of South American Ciconiiformes, p. 87-94. In: M.E. Fowler & Z.S. Cubas (Eds). Biology, medicine and surgery of South American wild animals Iowa, Iowa State Univ. Press, 536p.

[2] Barros, L.A. & S.B. Amato. 1995a. Infecções experimentais em gatos (Felis domestica) com metacercárias de Phagicola longus. Rev. Univ. Rural, Sér. Ciênc. da Vida, Seropédica, 17 (2): 49-54.

[3] ______. 1995b. Aspectos patológicos observados em hamsters (Mesocricetus auritus) infectados experimentalmente com metacercárias de Phagicola longus (Ranson, 1920) Price, 1932 (Digenea, Heterophyidae). Rev. Brasil. Parasitol. Vet. 4 (1): 43-48.

[4] ______. 1996. Infecções experimentais de cães com metacercárias de Phagicola longus (Ranson, 1920) Price, 1932. Rev. Brasil. Parasitol. Vet. 5 (2): 61-64.

[5] Chieffi, P.P.; M.C.O. Gorla; D.M.A.G.V. Torres; R.M.D.S. Dias; A.C. Mangini; A.V. Monteiro & E. Woiciechovski. 1992. Human infection by Phagicola sp. (Trematoda, Heterophyidae) in the municipality of Registro, São Paulo State, Brazil. Jour. Trop. Med. Hyg. 95: 346-348.

[6] Chieffi, P.P.; O.H. Leite; R.M.D. Souza-Dias; D.M.A.V. Torres & A.C.S. Mangini. 1990. Human parasitism by Phagicola sp (Trematoda, Heterophyidae) in Cananéia, São Paulo State, Brazil. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. São Paulo 32: 285-288.

[7] Hutton, R.F. & F. Sogandares-Bernal. 1960. A list of parasites from marine and coastal animals of Florida, Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 79: 287-292.

[8] Kocan, A.A. 1974. Some helminth parasites of the American bald eagle. Jour. Wildl. Dis. 10: 8-10.

[9] Manfredi, M.T.; M. Oneto. 1997. Phagicola longa (Heterophyidae) in dogs from Chile: morphological findings and taxonomical problems. Parasitologia 39: 9-11.

[10] Muniz-Pereira, L.C. & S. Amato. 1995. Natural hosts of Notocotylus breviserialis (Digenea, Notocotylidae) parasite of Brazilian waterfowl. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 90: 711-714.

[11] Oshima, T. 1987. Anisakiasis - is the sushi bar guilty? Parasitol. Today 3: 44-48.

[12] Pinto, O.M.O. 1978. Novo catálogo das aves do Brasil. 1. São Paulo, Imprensa Gráfica da Revista dos Tribunais, 446p.

[13] Ranson, B.H. 1920. Synopsis of the trematode family Heterophyidae with descriptions of a new genus and five new species. Proc. Nat. Mus. 57: 527-73.

[14] Sepulveda, M.S.; M.G. Spalding; J.M. Kinsella; R.D. Bjork & G.S. McLaughlin. 1994. Helminths of the roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja in Southern Florida. Jour. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 61: 179-189.

[15] Scholz, T. 1999. Taxonomic study of Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa Ransom, 1920 (Digenea: Heterophyidae) and related taxa. Syst. Parasitol. 43: 147-158.