Parasitology (Including Hemoparasites)

Health Assessment of Free-Ranging Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon Couperi) From Hydrologic Restoration Construction Sites in South Florida, Usa

“…Skin swabs were collected for Ophidiomyces ophidiicola quantitative PCR (Bohuski et al 2015). Feces were collected and coprologic analysis performed using the sodium nitrate flotation method (Dryden et al 2005), with identification of ova based on Wellehan and Walden (2019). The coprologic screening for parasites was repeated monthly while in quarantine, and the infectious disease screening PCRs were repeated at the end of quarantine, before snakes were transferred to the breeding colony.…”

Maintenance of venomous snakes in captivity for venom production at Butantan Institute from 1908 to the present: a scoping history

“…In the screening room, snakes selected to quarantine are clinically examined; weighed and measured [snout-vent length (SVL) and total length (TL)]; receive their first dose of anthelminthic (Ivermectin 0.2 mg kg -1 ) and are immersed in an ectoparasiticide solution (Trichlorfon at 0.2%). This first prophylactic management is of paramount importance, as incoming specimens from nature usually host a vast range of endo and ectoparasites that can predispose animals to infections, food malabsorption, regurgitation, and even lead them to death if not eliminated [ 11 , 23 , 28 ].…”

“…The main endoparasites found in new-arriving viperids are pulmonary nematodes ( Figure 3A ), gastrointestinal nematodes ( Figure 3B ) and pulmonary pentastomida ( Figure 3C ). More rarely gastrointestinal cestodes and trematodes are found [ 11 , 23 , 28 ]. Protozoa are also common, such as flagellates and coccids.…”