Bothrigaster variolaris (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae) infection in two Florida snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus)

Cole, R. A.; Thomas, N. J.; Roderick, C. L.

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Two Florida snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus, Say) collected in August and December 1993 from Osceola County (28 degrees 15‘N, 81 degrees 17‘W) and Glades County (26 degrees 45‘N, 81 degrees 10‘W), Florida (USA), respectively, were infected with Bothrigaster variolaris (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae); this parasite has not been reported previously from birds in the United States. One bird, a fledgling female, harbored 270 specimens of B. variolaris; the helminths caused airsacculitis and bronchitis, possible contributing factors in the death of this bird. The other bird, a subadult female, was infected with 40 trematodes and had gross and microscopic lesions consistent with trauma as the cause of death.

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Cole, R. A.; Thomas, N. J.; Roderick, C. L.

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National Wildlife Health Center

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Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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Bothrigaster variolaris (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae) infection in two Florida snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus); 1995; Article; Journal; Journal of Wildlife Diseases; Cole, R. A.; Thomas, N. J.; Roderick, C. L.