Relatório de Estágio Supervisionado Obrigatório realizado no Centro de Triagem e Reabilitação de Animais Silvestres de Pernambuco (CETRAS Tangara), Recife - PE. Ocorrência de trombiculídeos concomitante à hemosporidiose em corujinha-da-mata (Megascops choliba) - Relato de caso

Abstract

Hemosporidia are a group of hemoprotozoa, known mainly for including the agents of malaria, a disease with great relevance in one health. Haemoproteus is one of the most important representatives of the hemosporidia group, affecting birds and reptiles, being cited as pseudomalaria. Thrombiculid is the popular name of the larval stage of chigger mites of the family Trombiculidaes. Chiggers species in this group parasitize vertebrates and often cause a cutaneous reaction in the host, known as thrombiculiasis. A tropical screech-owl (Megascops choliba) was treated at the Clinic of the Center for Triage and Rehabilitation of Wild Animals of Pernambuco (CETRAS - Tangara), presenting apathy, dry dermis and reddish ectoparasites parasitizing the bird. In the parasitological analysis, it was found that the mite present in the tropical screech-owl was a trombiculid. The hematological analysis showed anemia, leukocytosis due to heterophilia and increased plasma proteins. In the blood smear, it was possible to identify the presence of Haemoproteus sp. infecting red blood cells. The animal was submitted to the use of fipronil and the therapeutic protocol with chloroquine. The present case-report contributes with important information about these ecological interactions, pointing out the concomitant parasitism in Megascops choliba, serving as an alert for the need for further investigations regarding these interactions in raptors from the Northeastern Atlantic Forest, as well as the possible consequences of these interactions in terms of One Health.