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Breeding Birds And Vegetation Of The Central Illinois Floodplain Forest, Daniel Edward Varland
Breeding Birds And Vegetation Of The Central Illinois Floodplain Forest, Daniel Edward Varland
Masters Theses
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Blood Parasites Of Illinois Wild Turkeys, Ulrike G. Guenthner
Blood Parasites Of Illinois Wild Turkeys, Ulrike G. Guenthner
Masters Theses
Blood smears, from 152 wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) killed during hunting seasons in southern Illinois, were examined for blood parasites. Haemoproteus meleagridis infected 34% of the 83 adult and 19% of the 69 immature turkeys. Of the infected birds, 54% had one or two infected cells per 5000 erythrocytes and 78% had one to five. Infection rates were significantly higher in counties along the Mississippi River than in Pope County, located about 40 miles east of the river. Other parasites specifically searched for but not found were Leucocytozoon, Plasmodium, Trypanosoma and microfilaria.
April Foods Of The Wild Turkey In Southern Illinois, David K. Fleenor
April Foods Of The Wild Turkey In Southern Illinois, David K. Fleenor
Masters Theses
A total of 95 gizzards and 106 crops were collected from 120 wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Vieillot) at hunter check stations located in Alexander, Jackson, Union, and Pope Counties during April 1970, and 1972-1974 inclusive. Results are presented using total aggregate volume and per cent occurrence. The analyses indicated that during April, 96.6% of the foods eaten were of plant origin. Important plant foods in decreasing order by volume included corn, acorns, grasses and sedges, clover, miscellaneous plant materials, Jack-in-the-pulpit, hickory nuts, black gum, swamp buttercup, spring beauty, soybeans, hill blueberry, hawthorn, and ash. Animal foods were …