Helminth Community of Scaled Quail (Callipepla Squamata) from Western Texas.
From: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 700 University Boulevard, MSC 218, Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202, USA.
The Journal of parasitology
- Publish Date: Feb 2007
- ISSN: 0022-3395
- Volume: 93
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 204-8
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Landgrebe Jill N, Vasquez Barbara, Bradley Russell G, et al. Helminth Community of Scaled Quail (Callipepla Squamata) from Western Texas.. J. Parasitol. Feb 2007;93:204-8
Abstract
Forty-eight scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) were collected during August 2002 at Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Brewster County, Texas, and examined for helminths. Eight species of helminths were found (5 nematodes and 3 cestodes), representing 2,811 individuals. Of these species, Gongylonema sp., Procyrnea pileata, and Choanotaenia infundibulum are reported from scaled quail for the first time. Prevalence of Aulonocephalus pennula, Gongylonema sp., Oxyspirura petrowi, Physaloptera sp., P. pileata, C. infundibulum, Fuhrmannetta sp., and Rhabdometra odiosa was 98, 2, 56, 4, 60, 2, 25, and 35%, respectively. Aulonocephalus pennula numerically dominated, accounting for 88% of total worms. Statistical analyses were performed on the 5 species with > or = 25% prevalence using the after-hatch-year host sample (n = 38). Prevalence of P. pileata was higher (P = 0.049) in females than in males and higher (P = 0.037) in the sample collected from the site that had spreader dams (berms 1-2 m high and 4-55 m long constructed in varying sizes to catch and retain rainfall) than the control site (no spreader dams). Higher rank mean abundance of A. pennula and O. petrowi (P = 0.0001 and P = 0.0052, respectively) was found in the host sample collected from the site that had spreader dams than the control site. A host gender-by-collection site interaction (P = 0.0215) was observed for P. pileata. Findings indicate that scaled quail are acquiring indirect life cycle helminths in arid western Texas habitats.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Bird Diseases, Cestoda, Chi-Square Distribution, Female, Helminthiasis, Animal, Life Cycle Stages, Male, Nematoda, Prevalence, Quail, Texas
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