TY  - JOUR
T1  - First Report of <I>Heterakis gallinarum</I> in Gould&#146;s Wild Turkey (<I>Meleagris gallopavo mexicana</I>) in Mexico
AU - Federico, Rosales Alferez AU - Hector, M. Herrera Casio AU - Martin, E. Pereda Solis AU - Jose, H. Martinez Guerrero 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 9
IS  - 21
SP  - 2671
EP  - 2673
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2010.2671.2673
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.2671.2673
KW  - whitish
KW  -Meleagris gallopavo
KW  -gastrointestinal parasites
KW  -Heterakis gallinarum
KW  -nematods
KW  -ascarididac
AB  - In the 2009 hunting season in the state of Durango, Mexico we obtained 21 Gastro Intestinal Tracts (GIT) of adult male Wild Turkeys (<I>Meleagris gallopavo mexicana</I>, Gould, 1856). Analysis of the each GIT resulted in the recovery of 2,549 adult parasites of which 59.4% were Nematodes of the order Ascaridida and species <I>Heterakis gallinarum</I>. We found 1,511 <I>H. gallinarum</I> in the large intestine, 99% of which were in the caecum and 1% in the colon. Many researchers have reported the presence of <I>H. gallinarum</I> in different subspecies of Wild Turkey but never in the Gould subspecies. Members of the genus <I>Heterakis</I> are known to be found only in the caeca of birds are small in size (7-13 mm), whitish or pale in color and lay eggs that are on average, 65-80 &#956; in length. It is the first record of <I>Heterakis gallinarum</I> in wild Turkey in Mexico.
ER  -