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Helminths Recovered from Wilson's Snipe, Capella gallinago delicata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

William Threlfall
William Threlfall
Affiliation:
Department of Biology Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, Newfoundland
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Many papers have been written about Wilson's snipe (Erickson, 1950), but few of them deal with the parasites of the bird. Schmidt (1962, 1963a, 1963b, 1964) working in Northern Colorado described new species of Hymenohpis, Tetrameres and Arythmorhynchus and listed the other parasites he found in a sample of 29 snipe. In the present work birds from Newfoundland, Ontario and Louisiana were examined for helminth parasites, to determine the species composition of any burden that they might be carrying and to note any differences in the species composition of the burden in birds from different geographical areas. It was also hoped to show if there was any difference in the burden carried by male and female birds.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 42 , Issue 1-2 , August 1968 , pp. 173 - 178
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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