RECORD OF ENDOPARASITES OF RHEA TARAPACENSIS (CHUBB, 1913) (RHEIFORMES: RHEIDAE) IN THE CENTER ANDEAN FOOTHILLS IN ARGENTINA

CYNTHIA JESICA GONZALEZ-RIVAS; GABRIEL NATALIO CASTILLO; CARLOS EDUARDO BORGHI

Neotropical Helminthology

Asociación Peruana de Helmintología e Invertebrados Afines (APHIA).

Año: 2018 vol. 12 p. 41 - 46

1995-1043

Knowledge about endoparasites in wild birds of the genus Rhea in Argentina is fragmentary and incomplete. The aim of this work was to determine - through analysis of the faeces - the presence of endoparasite eggs in Rhea tarapacensis Chubb, 1913 (Rheiformes: Rheidae) in a town of the centralfoothills of Argentina. The samplings were carried out in the Reserva Don Carmelo, Department of Ullum, Province of San Juan, in April 2017. A total of 9 fresh faecal samples of adult specimens of R. tarapacensis were examined. The presence of eggs of the genus Heterakis sp. were recorded. This parasitological finding is the first for this species in Argentina, contributing to the current parasitological knowledge of the genus Rhea.