Relationship between biomass and parasite density of Mediorhynchus emberizae (Acanthocephala: Gigantorhynchidae) parasites of Paroaria dominicana (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) of the State of Bahia, Brazil Relação entre biomassa e densidade parasitária de Mediorhynchus emberizae (acanthocephala: gigantorhynchidae) parasito de Paroaria dominicana (passeriformes: emberizidae) do estado da Bahia, Brasil

During the study of the metazoan parasites of Paroaria dominicana (Linnaeus, 1758), eight infrapopulations of Mediorhynchus emberizae (Rudolphi, 1819), were collected in the medium third of the small intestine, with parasite intensities ranging from one to ten specimens. Differences among the averag...

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Main Authors: Adriano R. Carvalho, Sueli Souza-Lima, Luiz E. R. Tavares, José L. Luque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2008-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612008000200012