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Abstract
Six leeches (Placobdella ornata) were allowed to feed on a painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) infected with Haemogregarina balli and subjected to a period of diapause before being allowed to feed on 2 laboratory-reared snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina). Weekly examination of thin blood films revealed infections of the turtles at 130 days postfeeding. These observations provide support for broad host specificity of hemogregarine parasites of chelonians.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11695407 DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1217:TOHBFP]2.0.CO;2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Parasitol ISSN: 0022-3395 Impact factor: 1.276