Annelise Zabel Sgarioni, Patricia Serafini, Alice Pereira, Tiffany Emmerich, Thamires Pires de Pontes, Douglas Coutinho Machado, Paula Reis Ribeiro, Derek Blaese de Amorim, Guilherme Klafke, José Reck
The order Procellariiformes includes several species of seabirds that perform long-distance migrations crossing all the oceans. These movements may contribute to the dispersal and exchange of hemoparasites, such as haemosporidians. There is a lack of studies regarding the order Haemosporida in Procellariiformes, and, to date, only the genus Plasmodium has been reported. This survey investigated the occurrence of the three genera of haemosporidians, Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon, in samples collected between 2013 and 2022 from 95 individuals of 14 species of Procellariiformes from southern Brazil, including live animals in rehabilitation centers, individuals caught as incidental bycatch, and carcasses found along the coast...
January 31, 2024: Journal of Wildlife Diseases