HELMINTH PARASITISM IN A FLOCK OF DOMESTIC GEESE INTRODUCED TO ARCTIC SUMMER CONDITIONS IN CANADA
The trematode, Notocotylus attenuatus, was found in 22 of 57 Pilgrim geese reared under Arctic summer conditions at False River, Quebec. The only other helminth found was a single specimen of a hymenolepidid cestode. That more species of helminths were not found is noteworthy and is understandable o...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Zoology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1962
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z62-001 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z62-001 |
| Summary: | The trematode, Notocotylus attenuatus, was found in 22 of 57 Pilgrim geese reared under Arctic summer conditions at False River, Quebec. The only other helminth found was a single specimen of a hymenolepidid cestode. That more species of helminths were not found is noteworthy and is understandable on the basis of the location of the flock, its management, and the Arctic environment. A possible correlation between the sex of the goose, its weight, or both these factors, and parasitism by N. attenuatus is noted. |
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