NEW RECORDS OF ECTOPARASITES FROM Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck 1813) IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Bárbara Cristina Félix Nogueira Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
  • José Eduardo Garcia Campos Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil
  • Liara Azevedo Cassiano Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
  • Artur Kanadani Campos Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
  • Rômulo Ribon Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/avs.v26i1.73008

Keywords:

Birds, Columbiformes, Diptera, Hippoboscidae, Philopteridae, Phthiraptera

Abstract

Patagioneas picazuro (Temminck 1813) are Columbidae considered pests due to damages they cause to grain crops and problems related to overpopulation. They also may act as hosts of parasites that can generate public health problems. The aim of this study was to report the ectoparasites on P. picazuro in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, as well as to identify the presence of pathogens that may use these arthropods as vectors. The collected arthropods were morphologically identified as Ornithoctona erythrocephala (Leach 1817) (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) and Columbicola passerinae (Wilson 1941) (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae). Ectoparasite DNA was extracted and molecularly processed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Samples were screened for the presence of Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp., and Rickettsia spp, but the results were negative for the pathogens tested. Further studies need to be performed in order to identify the role these ectoparasites have on the transmission of pathogens, and whether they act as biological or mechanical vectors. This is the first report of Ornithoctona erythrocephala in Minas Gerais and the first record of parasitism by Columbicola passerinae in Patagioneas picazuro.

Author Biography

Bárbara Cristina Félix Nogueira, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Msc. Barbara Cristina Felix Nogueira, graduated in Animal Science at Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Master’s in Animal Biology at UFV, and currently, PhD student in Veterinary Medicine at UFV. During her graduation, she participated in the University Extension Project (PIBEX). She was a Scientific Initiation Scholarship Holder at PIBIC/CNPq, in the area of Genetics and Animal Breeding. She is currently part of the group of researchers at the Laboratory of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases (UFV) and develops research on skin wounds due to parasitism by ticks in horses, through histopathological studies, biochemical and oxidative analyzes.

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Published

2021-03-25

How to Cite

Nogueira, B. C. F., Campos, J. E. G., Cassiano, L. A., Campos, A. K., & Ribon, R. (2021). NEW RECORDS OF ECTOPARASITES FROM Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck 1813) IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL. Archives of Veterinary Science, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/avs.v26i1.73008

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Veterinary Parasitology

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