<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cristóbal Briceño</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dominique Surot</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Daniel González-Acuña</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Francisco Javier Martínez</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fernando Fredes</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Parasitic survey on introduced monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) in Santiago, Chile</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária</style></secondary-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet.</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cryptosporidium.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mesostigmatid acarus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">oribatid acari</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jan-06-2017</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1984-29612017000200129&amp;lng=en&amp;tlng=en</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">26</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">129 - 135</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Central Chile has been identified as a unique ecosystem with high conservation priority because of its high levels of endemism and intensive anthropic pressure. Over a period of almost four decades, the monk parakeet has been successful in establishing and dispersing in urban Santiago, although little is known about its potential impact. Furthermore, nothing is known about its epidemiological risks towards animals or even humans. For this reason, we conducted the first parasitic survey of monk parakeets in Chile through capture, necropsy and thorough external and internal inspection of 92 adult individuals. Among these, 45.7% presented lice that were identified as Paragoniocotes fulvofasciatum, 1.1% had mesostigmatid acari and 8.9% had free-ranging acari. Among 89 parakeets, 19.1% had structures identified as Cryptosporidium sp. This study provides the first description of Cryptosporidium sp. in monk parakeets. Along with the presence of a mesostigmatid acarus in one parakeet, this serves as a public health warning, given that both of these parasites have zoonotic potential.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spanish title:&amp;nbsp;Levantamento parasit&amp;aacute;rio da caturrita (Myiopsitta monachus) introduzida em Santiago, Chile&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resumo:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;A por&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o central do Chile &amp;eacute; reconhecidamente uma &amp;aacute;rea com ecossistemas &amp;uacute;nicos de alta prioridade para conserva&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o. Isso se deve aos altos n&amp;iacute;veis de endemismo na regi&amp;atilde;o e press&amp;otilde;es antr&amp;oacute;picas intensas. Durante quase quatro d&amp;eacute;cadas, a caturrita tem obtido sucesso em seu estabelecimento e dispers&amp;atilde;o na &amp;aacute;rea urbana de Santiago, apesar da falta de conhecimento com rela&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o ao seu potencial impacto. Al&amp;eacute;m disso, n&amp;atilde;o h&amp;aacute; informa&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es sobre riscos epidemiol&amp;oacute;gicos para animais e tampouco para humanos. Motivado por essa quest&amp;atilde;o, foi realizado o primeiro levantamento parasit&amp;aacute;rio de caturritas no Chile a partir da captura, necropsia e inspe&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o interna e externa de 92 indiv&amp;iacute;duos adultos. Deste total, 45,7% apresentaram piolhos da esp&amp;eacute;cie Paragoniocotes fulvofasciatum, 1,1% apresentaram &amp;aacute;caros da ordem Mesostigmata, e 8,9% apresentaram &amp;aacute;caros de vida livre. Dentre 89 caturritas, 19,1% apresentaram estruturas identificadas como Cryptosporidium sp. Este estudo apresenta a primeira descri&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o de Cryptosporidium sp. em caturritas. Ademais, a presen&amp;ccedil;a de &amp;aacute;caros da ordem Mesostigmata em uma das aves serve como um alerta para sa&amp;uacute;de p&amp;uacute;blica, considerando que estes dois parasitas apresentam potencial zoon&amp;oacute;tico.&lt;/p&gt;
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