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Acta zoológica mexicana
On-line version ISSN 2448-8445Print version ISSN 0065-1737
Abstract
ARRONA-RIVERA, Alicia E.; SANCHEZ-GODOY, Félix D. and HERNANDEZ-VELASCO, Xóchitl. Proventricular parasitosis by Procyrnea sp. (Spiruroidea: Habronematidae) in a roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) from the state of Veracruz, Mexico: a case report. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.3, pp.225-229. ISSN 2448-8445.
The report presented herein describes the necropsy findings (red nodules over the linning of the proventriculus) in an adult female roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) found in Veracruz State, Mexico. We further provide the description of a nematode from the genus Procyrnea found in the proventriculus wall including histopathological sections of tissue damage associated with the parasite.
Keywords : Proventriculus parasitosis; roadside hawk; Rupornis magnirostris; Procyrnea.