Air Sac Nematode ( Serratospiculum tendo) Infection in an Austral Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus cassini) in Argentina

Fil: Ibarra, Jennifer. Wildlife Rehabilitation Center–Fundación Cullunche, Universidad Juan Agustín Maza, Jujuy 951 (5500) Ciudad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina. Fil: Mera y Sierra, Roberto Luis. Regional Parasitology Research Center, Universidad Juan Agustín Maza, Av. Acceso Este, Lateral Sur 2245, Guaymallén, Mendoza, Argentina. Fil: Neira Gisela. Regional Parasitology Research Center, Universidad Juan Agustín Maza, Av. Acceso Este, Lateral Sur 2245, Guaymallén, Mendoza, Argentina. Fil: Ibaceta, Daniel E. J. Animal Anatomical Pathology Laboratory, Universidad Juan Agustín Maza, Av. Acceso Este, Lateral Sur 2245, Guaymallén, Mendoza, Argentina. Fil: Saggese Miguel. College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E Second St., Pomona, California 91766, USA. ARTÍCULO PUBLICADO EN REVISTA EXTERNA. We report a case of air sac nematode (Serratospiculum tendo) infection in an adult male Austral Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus cassini) admitted to a rehabilitation center in Mendoza Province, Argentina, in September 2017. This case of air sac nematodes reported in an Argentine raptor is only the second report of S. tendo in South America. We recommend examination of all raptors, especially those falcon species that include insects in their diet and inhabit open lands and those in rehabilitation centers or kept for falconry, education, or captive breeding. Fecal analysis and microscopic examination of oral swabs for evidence of parasites are simple noninvasive diagnostic procedures that allow easy detection of these parasites under field and captive circumstances. Sitio de la revista: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jwd/article/55/1/179/9623/Air-Sac-Nematode-Serratospiculum-tendo-Infection