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Submitted July 20, 2022
Published 2022-07-20

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2022): Tecnociencia

ENDOPARASITOLOGICAL PROSPECTION IN SEVEN SPECIES OF VIPERIDS IN CAPTIVITY, PANAMA.


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Published: 2022-07-20

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Cunningham Sánchez, E. R., Ríos-Carrera, N. J., Mack, M. and Martínez-Cortés, V. (2022) “ PANAMA”., Tecnociencia, 24(2), pp. 103–117. Available at: https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/tecnociencia/article/view/3076 (Accessed: 19 September 2024).

Abstract

Studies of wild animals in captivity show that they can harbor various parasitic groups that can affect their health. In the present investigation, the fecal material of 26 snakes of the Viperidae family, kept in captivity at the CEREO, University of Panama, were examined by applying the following techniques: Parasite Concentration (Ritchie and Willis Moloy), Helminth Count and Confirmation (Kato Kats) and Ziehl Neelsen and Giemsa stains, for confirmation of coccidial and hematozoan species respectively; to determine the digestive and blood parasites that these specimens harbored.

The results revealed that 92% (24/26) of the population had some form (stage) of parasites. The composition of parasitic diversity exhibited by the positive specimens consisted of Entamoeba hartmanni 46.2% (12/26); Enteromonas and Balantidium, both with 26.9% (7/26); Strongyloides, Chilomastix, Cyclospora and Oxyurus 23. 1% (6/26); Uncinaria and Hymenolepis nana 19.2% (5/26); Hymenolepis diminuta and Entamoeba invadens 15.4% (4/26); Trichostrongylus 11.5% (3/26); Retortamonas 7.7% (2/26); Porocephalus, Eimeria, Giardia, Isospora and Cryptosporidium 3.8% (1/26).

Blood analysis shows that 50% (6/12) of the population is infected by some species of hematozoa, with the Trypanosoma and Hepatozoon genera being the most prevalent with 16.7% (2/12), followed by Haemogregarina, Leucocytozoon and Plasmodium with 8.3% (1/12).

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