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Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

1977

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Poecilancistrium Caryophyllum And Other Trypanorhynch Cestode Plerocercoids From The Musculature Of Cynoscion Nebulosus And Other Sciaenid Fishes In The Gulf Of Mexico, Robin M. Overstreet Oct 1977

Poecilancistrium Caryophyllum And Other Trypanorhynch Cestode Plerocercoids From The Musculature Of Cynoscion Nebulosus And Other Sciaenid Fishes In The Gulf Of Mexico, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Examination of over 3,000 fish, all sciaenids, has shown that plerocercoids of Poecilancistrium caryophyllum infect Cynoscion nebulosus, Bairdiella chrysura, Sciaenops ocellata, C. arenarius, Micropogonias undulatus, and Pogonias cromis in Mississippi Sound. In addition to P. caryophyllum, a pseudophyllidean-like trypanorhynch also infected C. nebulosus and M. undulatus. Pseudogrillotia pleistacantha selectively infected large P. cromis, Pterobothrium heteracanthum infected M. undulatus, and Pterobothrium lintoni infected Menticirrhus americanus. Prevalence and intensity of infections of P. caryophyllum in C. nebulosus from Mississippi, roughly 40% of the fish each possessing an average of about two worms, …


Nematicidal Injection: Targeted Control Of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Of Trees And Vines, D. R. Viglierchio, Armand R. Maggenti, R. V. Schmitt, G. A. Paxman Oct 1977

Nematicidal Injection: Targeted Control Of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Of Trees And Vines, D. R. Viglierchio, Armand R. Maggenti, R. V. Schmitt, G. A. Paxman

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Pressurized injection of nematicidal solutions was effective for control of nematodes within trees and vines. Significant (P = 0.01) control of Pratylenchus vulnus on grape was attained with four nonfumigants (carbofuran, oxamyl, phenamiphos, and sulfocarb) and one fumigant nematicide (DBCP). Pratylenchus penetrans was controlled (P = 0.05 and 0.1) in apples and walnuts with sulfocarb and oxamyl. This species also was controlled in apples with carbofuran and phenamiphos. The advantages of pressure injection over traditional methods of nematicide applications are discussed.


Monoecocestus Thomasi Sp. N. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) From The Northern Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys Sabrinus (Shaw), In Oregon, Robert L. Rausch, C. Maser Oct 1977

Monoecocestus Thomasi Sp. N. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) From The Northern Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys Sabrinus (Shaw), In Oregon, Robert L. Rausch, C. Maser

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Monoecocestus thomasi sp. n. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae), from the northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw), in Oregon, is described and distinguished from its congeners. Monoecocestus thomasi is the sixth species of Monoecocestus to be described from nearctic rodents, and the first from a member of the family Sciuridae. Our comparisons of taxonomic characters of the nominal species of Monoecocestus in North American rodents have shown that M. giganticus Buhler 1970 is a synonym of M. americanus (Stiles 1895), both from the porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus). Insemination in Monoecocestus spp. is discussed, with the conclusion that it takes place only by way …


Two New Zoogonid Digenea From Deep Sea Fishes In The Gulf Of Panama, Robin M. Overstreet, Mary Lou Hanson Pritchard Oct 1977

Two New Zoogonid Digenea From Deep Sea Fishes In The Gulf Of Panama, Robin M. Overstreet, Mary Lou Hanson Pritchard

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Panopula cavernossa gen. et sp. n. from the intestine of the brotulid Enchelybrotula (?) paucidens,/i> differs from other members of the Steganodermatinae by having testes near the anterior of the acetabulum, a posttesticular ovary, and a postequatorial acetabulum. Two related species are transferred to the genus Brachyenteron as B. pycnorganum comb. n. and B. spinosum comb. n. Neosteganoderma gillissi sp. n. from the synaphobranchid eel Synaphobranchus bathybius differs from N. glandulosum and N. polymixiae, the most similar species, because conspicuous glandular cells envelop the esophagus and pharynx, others about the genital atrium occur in elongated sacs, epithelium is lacking …


Marine Aspidogastrids (Trematoda) From Fishes In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Sherman S. Hendrix, Robin M. Overstreet Oct 1977

Marine Aspidogastrids (Trematoda) From Fishes In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Sherman S. Hendrix, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Of the aspidogastrids Multicalyx cristata, Lobatostoma ringens, Cotylogaster basiri, and C. dinosoides sp. n., the last two had not been previously known from the Gulf of Mexico. The latter differs from other members of its genus by having relatively large equatorial marginal alveoli in comparison to those at the anterior and posterior ends of the holdfast. It also possesses extensive transverse musculature connecting opposed lateral alveoli. New host records are included for all four species, and we report preadults of what appear to be the first two species.


The Immunizing Potential Of Sporulated Oocysts Of Eimeria Nieschulzi Exposed To Heat And Co-60 Gamma-Radiation, George A. Conder, Donald W. Duszynski Apr 1977

The Immunizing Potential Of Sporulated Oocysts Of Eimeria Nieschulzi Exposed To Heat And Co-60 Gamma-Radiation, George A. Conder, Donald W. Duszynski

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Sporulated oocysts of Eimeria nieschulzi Dieben 1924, a rat coccidium, were exposed to radiation, heat, or both in an effort to attenuate the parasite. Moderate levels of each treatment or combination thereof attenuated the parasite, reduced pathogenesis (as judged by oocyst discharge during primary infection), and produced immunity to challenge when the oocysts were subsequently inoculated into rats. Thus, heat- and/or radiation-treated E. nieschulzi oocysts fed to rats could reduce pathogenesis during a primary infection and yet give good homologous protection.


Aploparaksis Borealis Sp. N. (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) From Passeriform And Charadriiform Birds In Chukotka And Alaska, S. K. Bondarenko, Robert L. Rausch Feb 1977

Aploparaksis Borealis Sp. N. (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) From Passeriform And Charadriiform Birds In Chukotka And Alaska, S. K. Bondarenko, Robert L. Rausch

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Aploparaksis borealis sp. n. (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae), from the long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, and from the red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus (Pallas), and the Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus (Linnaeus), in Chukotka, northeastern Siberia, is described. This cestode is distinguished by the structure of the cirrus and other morphologic characters from other species of Aploparaksis Clerc 1903 in which there are 10 rostellar hooks and the vitelline gland is aporal to the ovary. A. borealis is the first species of Aploparaksis to be reported from birds representing two orders (Passeriformes and Charadriiformes).


Life History And Host Specificity Of Mediorhynchus Centurorum Nickol 1969 (Acanthocephala: Gigantorhynchidae), Brent B. Nickol Feb 1977

Life History And Host Specificity Of Mediorhynchus Centurorum Nickol 1969 (Acanthocephala: Gigantorhynchidae), Brent B. Nickol

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications

Examination of 1905 arthropods from a swamp and surrounding pasture in southern Louisiana revealed larval specimens of Mediorhynchus centurorum in 8 of 228 woodroaches, Parcoblatta pensylvanica, but in no other species. The life cycle was confirmed by feeding eggs of M. centurorum to laboratory-reared woodroaches. Cystacanths later recovered from the woodroaches developed into mature worms when pipetted into esophaguses of red-bellied woodpeckers, Centurus carolinus; redheaded woodpeckers, Melanerpes erythrocephalus; yellow-shafted flickers, Colaptes auratus; and a hairy woodpecker, Dendrocopos villosus. Infection was achieved in all woodpeckers fed cystacanths at least 47 days old and the mean prepatent …