Publications by authors named "Tiago Paixao Mangas"
This study was carried out in northern Brazil to determine the prevalence of helminth parasites that infect Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin, 1789). Between July 2020 and July 2023, adult and larvae parasites were collected from the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract of 30 birds that died in fishing nets and in fishing corral in the municipality of Soure on Marajó Island. The identified parasites included the nematodes Contracaecum sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFirst record of Procyrnea sp. (Nematoda: Habronematidae) in Buteogallus schistaceus (Sundevall) (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) in Brazilian Amazon.
Tiago Paixão Mangas Karoline Petrini Pinheiro da Cruz Ana Sílvia Sardinha Ribeiro Raul Henrique da Silva Pinheiro Raimundo Nonato Moraes Benigno
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet
June 2020
Article Synopsis
- Buteogallus schistaceus, a bird of prey native to the Amazon, is experiencing a decline in its population, raising concerns among conservationists.
- This study focuses on a specific case where an individual bird was treated for parasitic nematodes at the Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia in Belém after being captured on campus.
- The bird underwent treatment and was found to have ten nematodes identified as Procyrnea, marking the first documented instance of nematodes in this species.