| haemogregarine parasites (apicomplexa: hepatozoidae) in caiman crocodilus yacare (crocodilia: alligatoridae) from pantanal, corumbá, ms, brazil. | haemogregarines were recorded in caimans caiman crocodilus yacare from pantanal. this study was carried out in seasonal ponds at the miranda- abobral subregion of pantanal, state of mato grosso do sul, western brazil, from 1998 to 1999. smears from 28 caimans were examined and 20 (71.4%) presented infection by a haemogregarine. infections were observed in 11 males and 9 females. morphological and morphometric observations suggest that the parasite forms found in this work are hepatozoon caimani. | 2005 | 16445875 |