MONTHLY PREVALENCES OF PHYSALOPTERA-RETUSA IN NATURALLY INFECTED YARROWS SPINY LIZARD

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作者
BURSEY, CR [1 ]
GOLDBERG, SR [1 ]
机构
[1] WHITTIER COLL, DEPT BIOL, WHITTIER, CA 90608 USA
关键词
NEMATODA; PHYSALOPTERA-RETUSA; YARROWS SPINY LIZARD; SCELOPORUS-JARROVII JARROVII; MONTHLY PREVALENCES; SURVEY;
D O I
10.7589/0090-3558-27.4.710
中图分类号
S85 [动物医学(兽医学)];
学科分类号
0906 ;
摘要
The gastrointestinal tracts of 167 of 489 (34%) Yarrow's spiny lizards (Sceloporus jarrovii jarrovii) collected in Pima County, Arizona (USA) from October 1967 through january 1970 were infected with Physaloptera retusa. Of the infected lizards, 88 (18%) had only larvae, 45 (9%) had larvae and adults and 32 (7%) had only adult nematodes. The ratio of larval nematodes to adults was approximately 8:1. Monthly prevalences varied from 71% in April 1969 to 10% in July 1969; seasonal patterns of infection were not observed.
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