Metazoan parasites and food of short-tailed weasels and mink in Newfoundland, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Jennings, David H., Threlfall, William, Dodds, Donald G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1982
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Kerr; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z82-024; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z82-024

Forty short-tailed weasels (Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758) and 48 mink (Mustela vison Schreber, 1777) were collected, between January 1978 and February 1979, in three areas of insular Newfoundland and examined for metazoan parasites. Eight genera of parasites were recovered. Two findings constitute...