2005•Revista Brasileira de ZoologiaOpen access

First report of a natural helminth infection in the Japanese quail Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel (Aves, Phasianidae, Galliformes) in the neotropical region

Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Rogério Tortelly, Dely Noronha

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The present findings are related to the report of the first natural helminth infection in the Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1849 in Brazil. The kidney trematode Tanaisia inopina Freitas, 1951 is referred for the first time in the investigated host.

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Key concepts: Quail, Galliformes, Coturnix coturnix, Biology, Japonica, Coturnix japonica, Zoology, Coturnix