Caracterização das formas parasitárias de parasitos gastrointestinais em Chelonoidis carbonarius (Spix, 1824)

Abstract

The species Chelonoidis carbonarius (Spix, 1824), popularly known as JabutiPiranga, is host to a great diversity of endoparasites. The aim of this research was to identify and taxonomically classify the parasitic forms of gastrointestinal parasites in Jabuti-Piranga, by means of coproparasitological examinations. In total, 38 fecal samples were collected from animals from the municipalities of Cuiabá/MT (n=23) and Jataí/GO (n=15) and sent to diagnostic routine from the Veterinary Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases Laboratories of Domestic and Wild Animals of the Federal University of Mato Grosso and Veterinary Pathology and Parasitology Laboratory of the Federal University of Jataí, respectively. For the coproparasitological diagnosis, the stool samples were submitted to at least one of the following techniques: Willis-mollay, Faust and simple spontaneous sedimentation. In total, 86.85% (33/38) animals were positive in at least one of the diagnostic techniques. Of the 38 samples used, 50% of the animals were captive and 50% of the animals were free-living. Cysts, oocysts and parasitium eggs were identified, as follows: Chapiniella spp. (65,78%; n=24), Balantidium spp. (39,47%; n=15), Sauricola spp. (31,57%; n=12), Eimeria spp. (21,05%; n=8), Ascaroidea (15,78%; n=6), Acanthocephala (2,63%; n=1), Oxyuridae (2,63%; n=1), Trematoda (2,63%; n=1) e Angusticaecum spp. (2,63%; n=1).