Determination of Parasitic Forms in Feces of Snakes: Boa constrictor and Python regius

作者：Villalobos Molina Felipe^*; Troncoso Toro Ignacio; Loyola Gonzalez Edgardo; Robles Sepulveda Alvaro; Aguilar Valdes Javier; Fernandez Fonseca Italo; Luzio Quiroga Alvaro

来源：Revista Cientifica-Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, 2014, 24(5): 454-457.

• Snakes
• intestinal parasites
• Boa constrictor
• Python regius
• Chile

The interest in acquiring exotic animals as pets has increased a lot during the last years in Chile. Reptiles are the taxa most often chosen as pets, and within these, the Boids are a very attractive group for being gentle and docile animals. However, breeding of snakes does not exist in Chile and all the animals that are sold come from foreign farms. Due to the importance of the above, was carried out a sampling of feces to 22 snakes, Boa constrictor (n=4) and Python regius (n=18), who were in post entry quarantine, in the city of Santiago, Chile. To identify the parasitic was used Teuscher technique. Ten individuals were diagnosed as positive, corresponding to infectious level of 45,45% being the only found in feces, eggs of nematodes to the family Oxyuridae.

• 出版日期2014-10