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ArticleThe Journal of veterinary medical science2022

Ocular disease caused by the trematode Philophthalmus lachrymosus in free-living kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus) of Brazil.

André Tavares Somma, Adriane Steuernagel, Eduardo Alberto Pulido-Murillo, Hudson Alves Pinto, Larissa Reifur, Bret A Moore, Fabiano Montiani-Ferreira

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Article in The Journal of veterinary medical science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

André Tavares SommaComparative Ophthalmology Lab, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Adriane SteuernagelUnidade de Estabilização de Animais Marinhos de Penha-Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (Univali), Praia de Armação do Itapocorói, Penha, Brazil.
Eduardo Alberto Pulido-MurilloLaboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Hudson Alves PintoLaboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Larissa ReifurDepartamento de Patologia Básica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Bret A MooreCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Fabiano Montiani-FerreiraComparative Ophthalmology Lab, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Paraná · BRUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRUniversidade do Vale do Itajaí · BRUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, clinical, parasitological and histopathological findings of thirteen kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus) found infected with eyeflukes in Brazil are presented. Parasites detected in the ventral conjunctival fornix were identified as Philophthalmus lachrymosus [mean intensity of infection: 16 (5-36) worms/bird]. Eleven birds (85%) presented signs of systemic disease, such as emaciation, dehydration and depressed consciousness. Conjunctival hyperemia was observed in 22 eyes (85%). Keratitis, corneal ulcers, corneal abscess and chemosis were also detected in some eyes (4-8%). Histopathologic lesions, likely due to the parasite attachment to the conjunctiva, were found in the eyes of one infected bird that died from unrelated causes. Philophthalmosis by P. lachrymosus is here reported as a clinically relevant eye disease in kelp gulls.

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Bird DiseasesCharadriiformesEye DiseasesKelpTrematodaTrematode InfectionsAnimalsBirdsBrazilconjunctival hyperemiaeye flukepathologyphilophthalmosistrematodes

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PMID36047247
PMCPMC9586036
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