Ángeles RSL, Salas-Westphal AI

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ABSTRACT

We analyzed 28 digestive tracts of Rio Grande wild turkeys (Meleagris/gallopavo intermedia) of adult males donated by hunters during the game seasons (March - April) from 2000 to 2003, in the Campo Santa Maria municipality of Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. There were found 462 cestodes of the species Metroliasthes lucida (Family Dilepididae). The importance of this study is to notify the possible limiting factors, of this host, present in the ecosystem, since it is a bird of hunting relevance. Little is known in Mexico on how this cestode affects his host. Macroscopic lesions were not found in the small intestine, neither some pathogenic signs associated with the presence of the parasite. As a result of the massive infestation presented in a wild turkey, it is suggested that they could cause intestinal occlusion. This is the first report of Metroliasthes lucida for Rio Grande wild turkey of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

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