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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.200516445875
hepatozoon caimani (apicomplexa: hepatozoidae) in wild caiman, caiman yacare, from the pantanal region, brazil.the prevalence and parasitemia of hepatozoon caimani in the natural population of the caiman, caiman yacare, from the pantanal area, state of mato grosso do sul, central brazil, were evaluated according to gender and month of capture from july 2006 to february 2008. blood samples were obtained bimonthly from a total of 229 caimans, and 76% were positive. prevalence varied significantly according to sampling month and animal size. almost all adults (100%) and young-adults (97%) were positive, whi ...201019685936
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