RESUMEN
A case of caecum nematodiasis is described in a guinea fowl (Numida melagris) from the Municipal Zoo, Presidencia Roque Saenz Peña (Chaco) Argentina. Nematodes obtained from the caecum were observed in optic microscopy. According to their morphometric characteristics and location in the definitive host, were identified as belonging to the family heterakidae, species Heterakis gallinarum, (Schrank, 1788) Maden, 1949
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Animales , Nematodos/aislamiento & purificación , Aves de Corral/parasitología , Argentina , Vectores de Enfermedades , Intestinos/parasitología , Nematodos/anatomía & histología , Nematodos/patogenicidad , Infecciones por NematodosRESUMEN
A case of gastric nematodiasis is describes in a gineafowl (Numida meleagris) from the Municipal Zoo, Presidencia Roque Saenz Peña (Chaco) Argentina, nematodes obtained from the glandular stomach were observed in optic microscopy. According to their morphometric characteristies and location in the definitivo host, were identified as belonging to the family Acuariidae, subfamily Acuariinae, species Dispharynx nasuta Rudolphi, 1819