PHYSOCEPHALUS SP (SPIRURIDA, SPIROCERCIDAE) LARVAE IN STOMACH GRANULOMAS OF THE BLUE SPINY LIZARD, SCELOPORUS SERRIFER (PHRYNOSOMATIDAE) FROM TEXAS

Authors
GOLDBERG SR BURSEY CR HOLSHUH HJ
Citation
Sr. Goldberg et al., PHYSOCEPHALUS SP (SPIRURIDA, SPIROCERCIDAE) LARVAE IN STOMACH GRANULOMAS OF THE BLUE SPINY LIZARD, SCELOPORUS SERRIFER (PHRYNOSOMATIDAE) FROM TEXAS, Journal of wildlife diseases, 30(2), 1994, pp. 274-276
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
30
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
274 - 276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1994)30:2<274:PS(SLI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Prevalence of larval nematodes (Physocephalus sp., Spirurida, Spirocer cidae) and associated cysts are reported from the blue spiny lizard, S celoporus serrifer, from Texas (USA). Prevalence of infection was 29%, with seven of 24 animals infected. Larvae were found in gastric submu cosal and occasionally mucosal cysts with a mean (+/-SE) of 287 +/- 9. 01 mu m in diameter. The nematodes evoked a chronic granulomatous resp onse including cyst formation with focal destruction of gastric glands . Cysts resolved into areas of fibrosis. Sceloporus serrifer is a new host record for Physocephalus sp.