| Literature DB >> 19281296 |
Amanda Rice Waddle1, John M Kinsella, J Perran Ross, Edith Rojas-Flores, H Franklin Percival, Donald J Forrester.
Abstract
Stomach nematodes were collected from 151 live American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, from 3 lakes (Apopka, Griffin, and Woodruff) in north-central Florida using a gastric lavage technique. Four species were identified: Dujardinascaris waltoni, Ortleppascaris antipini, Brevimulticaecum tenuicolle, and larvae of Contracaecum sp. Of these, D. waltoni was the most prevalent species in all 3 lakes and was more prevalent in Lake Apopka than in the other 2 lakes. This is the first record of Contracaecum larvae in the American alligator and the second record of O. antipini.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19281296 DOI: 10.1645/GE-1989.1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Parasitol ISSN: 0022-3395 Impact factor: 1.276