Natural Transfer of Helminths of Marine Origin to Freshwater Fishes, with Observations on the Development of Diphyllobothrium alascence

• Main Authors: Rausch, Robert L., Adams, Ann M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2000
• Subjects: Parasitology; Williamson; Burbot; Kuskokwim; Lota lota; Alaska; lota
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/339; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1348/viewcontent/Rausch_2000_JP_Natural_Transfer_of_Helminths_of_Marine_Origin_to_Freshwater_Fishes.pdf

Infective stages of helminths of 5 species that occur as adults in marine mammals were found in burbot, Lota lota (L.) (Gadidae), from the lower Kuskokwim River (southwestern Alaska): Diphyllobothrium alascense Rausch et Williamson, 1958; Pyramicocephalus phocarum (Fabricius, 1780); Corynosoma strum...