Gastrointestinal Parasites in the Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) of Galápagos.
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Using a fecal flotation technique, we detected three genera of endoparasites in the critically endangered Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) of Galápagos. These genera were Contracaecum, Tetrabothrius, and Cardiocephaloides. Juvenile albatrosses were more likely to be infected than adults, but we found no effect of sex or mass on infection probability.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of wildlife diseases
دوره 51 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015