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Hematozoa of Hatch-year Common Mergansers from Michigan
Title | Hematozoa of Hatch-year Common Mergansers from Michigan |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2001 |
Authors | Dejong RJ, Reimink RL, Blankespoor HD |
Journal | Journal of Wildlife Diseases |
Volume | 37 |
Pagination | 403-407 |
Keywords | PLASMODIUM |
Abstract | Fifty-five hatch-year common mergansers (Mergus merganser) were sampled for hematozoa from Douglas Lake (Michigan, USA) on 17 July 1995. Forty-one (75%) were infected with hematozoa. Haemoproteus greineri and Leucocytozoon simondi were common, infecting 28 (51%) and 26 (47%) common mergansers, respectively. Plasmodium circumflexum infected two (4%) birds. The common merganser is a new host record for H. greineri and P. circumflexum. Intensity data indicate possible negative interspecific interaction between H. greineri and L. simondi. |