| fimbriaria fasciolaris and cloacotaenia megalops (eucestoda, hymenolepididae), cestodes from brazilian waterfowl. | two cestode species, fimbriaria fasciolaris (pallas, 1781) frölich, 1802 cloacotaenia megalops (nitzsch in creplin, 1829) wolffhügel, 1938 collected from anas bahamensis linné, 1758 and amazonetta brasiliensis (gmelin, 1758) in lagoons of the maricá district, state of rio de janeiro, brazil, are described. this is the first record of f. fasciolaris parasitizing a. bahamensis. the prevalence, intensity of infection, and mean intensity of infection for both species are given. overdispersion distri ... | 1998 | 9921301 |
| lead gunshot pellet ingestion and tissue lead levels in wild ducks from argentine hunting hotspots. | lead poisoning in waterfowl due to ingestion of lead pellets is a long recognized worldwide problem but poorly studied in south america, particularly in argentinean wetlands where duck hunting with lead gunshot is extensive. in 2008, we found high pellet ingestion rates in a small sample of hunted ducks. to expand our knowledge on the extent of lead exposure and to assess health risks from spent shot intake, during 2011 and 2012 we sampled 415 hunter-killed ducks and 96 live-trapped ducks. we de ... | 2014 | 24314629 |