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Fig. 1.

Light micrograph of coproparasitological examination in wild birds. (A) Capillarinae eggs in Ara macao, Scale bar 30µm. (B) Entamoeba spp. oocyst in Ara macao, Scale bar 15µm. (C) Ascaridia spp. egg in Ara chloropterus, Scale bar 20µm. (D) Ascarididae egg in Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Scale bar 40µm.
Light micrograph of coproparasitological examination in wild birds. (A) Capillarinae eggs in Ara macao, Scale bar 30µm. (B) Entamoeba spp. oocyst in Ara macao, Scale bar 15µm. (C) Ascaridia spp. egg in Ara chloropterus, Scale bar 20µm. (D) Ascarididae egg in Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Scale bar 40µm.

Distribuition of birds across aviaries and number of cohabitants per animal at the Wildlife Conservation Institute in Mineiros, Brazil.

Species Aviary Subsection Cohabitants
Ara macao A1 1 5
Ara macao A1 1 5
Ara macao A1 1 5
Ara chloropterus A1 1 5
Ara chloropterus A1 1 5
Ara ararauna A1 1 5
Ramphastos tucanus A2 1 2
Ramphastos tucanus A2 1 2
Ramphastos tucanus A2 1 2
Ramphastos dicolorus A2 2 2
Ramphastos dicolorus A2 2 2
Ramphastos dicolorus A2 2 2
Pteroglossus castanotis A2 3 0
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus A3 1 1
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus A3 1 1
Megascops choliba A4 1 1
Strix huhula A4 1 1

Coproparasitological examination results of flotation and sedimentation of birds from a Conservation Institution in Mineiros, Goiás in Brazilian Cerrado bioma.

Species N Flotation Sedimentation

Positives Identification Prevalence Positives Identification Prevalence
Ara macao 3 1 Capillarinae 33.3% 3 Entamoeba spp.; Capillarinae; Ascaridia spp. 100%
Ara chloropterus 2 1 Capillarinae 50% 2 Ascaridia spp.; Capillarinae 100%
Ara ararauna 1 1 Capillarinae 100% 1 Capillarinae 100%
Ramphastos tucanus 3 0 - 0% 0 - 0%
Ramphastos dicolorus 3 0 - 0% 1 NI* 33.3%
Pteroglossus castanotis 1 1 Ascarididae 100% 0 - 0%
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus 2 2 Capillarinae; Ascarididae 100% 1 Capillarinae; Trematoda 50%
Megascops choliba 1 0 - 0% 0 - 0%
Stix huhula 1 1 Ascarididae 100% 0 - 0%
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