Gastrointestinal Parasites in the Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) of Galápagos

Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui; María Soledad Sarzosa; Edison Encalada; Richar Rodríguez-Hidalgo; Kathryn P Huyvaert

doi:10.7589/2014-06-165

Gastrointestinal Parasites in the Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) of Galápagos

J Wildl Dis. 2015 Jul;51(3):784-6. doi: 10.7589/2014-06-165. Epub 2015 Apr 28.

Authors

Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui¹, María Soledad Sarzosa^{1

2}, Edison Encalada², Richar Rodríguez-Hidalgo³, Kathryn P Huyvaert⁴

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Sciences, Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador.
² 2 Veterinary Medicine College, Central University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
³ 4 Galápagos National Park Directorate, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador.
⁴ 5 Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.

PMID: 25919468
DOI: 10.7589/2014-06-165

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Animals
Bird Diseases / epidemiology
Bird Diseases / parasitology*
Birds / parasitology*
Ecuador / epidemiology
Female
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / veterinary
Male
Sex Factors
Stomach Diseases / epidemiology
Stomach Diseases / parasitology
Stomach Diseases / veterinary