| Literature DB >> 2040960 |
J A Ewald1, D W Crompton, I Johnson, R C Stoddart.
Abstract
Encysted acanthocephalans belonging to the genus Centrorhynchus were found in the body cavities of Sorex araneus (common shrew) and Sorex minutus (pygmy shrew) from Boxworth, Cambridgeshire, U.K. Fifty percent of the male S. araneus and 67% of the male S. minutus examined were found to be infected, with the mean intensity (+/-SD) being 54.3 +/- 91.3 and 14.7 +/- 18.4, respectively. The species of Centrorhynchus in the shrews may be Centrorhynchus aluconis, which is distributed widely in tawny owls, Strix aluco, in the United Kingdom. Shrews appear to serve as paratenic hosts for C. aluconis.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID： 2040960
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Parasitol ISSN： 0022-3395 Impact factor: 1.276