Mg. Spalding et al., HELMINTH AND ARTHROPOD PARASITES OF EXPERIMENTALLY INTRODUCED WHOOPING-CRANES IN FLORIDA, Journal of wildlife diseases, 32(1), 1996, pp. 44-50
Nine species of nematodes, unidentified larval nematodes, three specie
s of trematodes, two species of acanthocephalans and a single species
of chewing louse were collected from 1993 to 1995 from 25 introduced w
hooping cranes (Grus americana) in Florida (USA). In spite of a quaran
tine procedure involving anthelmintic therapy, three helminth parasite
s may have been introduced from captive populations. Other parasites a
cquired were similar to those found in a local congener, the Florida s
andhill crane (Crus canadensis pratensis), or only occurred infrequent
ly.