Protozoan parasites in captive chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera) raised in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

• ANA CLÁUDIA FAGUNDES GURGEL ^[1] ; AMANDA DOS SANTOS SARTORI ^[1] ; FLÁVIO ANTÔNIO PACHECO DE ARAÚJO ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

     Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

     Brasil

     
• Localización: Parasitología latinoamericana, ISSN-e 0717-7712, ISSN 0717-7704, Vol. 60, Nº. 1-4, 2005, págs. 186-188
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The aim of the present study was to identify Giardia sp., Eimeria spp. and Cryptosporidium spp. in fecal samples of chinchillas, respectively raised on farms located in the cities of Gravataí and Porto Alegre (State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), Giardia sp. was detected in 8% of 250 samples. The variables age (p = 0.47) and gender (p = 0.07), submitted to Fisher's exact test, were not related to the results obtained through the method of Faust et al. (1939) apud Hoffmann (1987). Oocysts of Eimeria spp. and Cryptosporidium spp. were not identified in any of the samples