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

Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui | Zendy; María Soledad Sarzosa | Zendy; Édison Encalada | Zendy; Richar RodríguezHidalgo | Zendy; Kathryn P. Huyvaert | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui,

María Soledad Sarzosa,

Édison Encalada,

Richar RodríguezHidalgo,

Kathryn P. Huyvaert

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of wildlife diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.613

H-Index - 70

eISSN - 1943-3700

pISSN - 0090-3558

DOI - 10.7589/2014-06-165

Subject(s) - albatross , biology , zoology , critically endangered , endangered species , juvenile , feces , ecology , habitat

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.

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