LEUCOCYTOZOON SIMONDI IN EMPEROR GEESE FROM THE YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTAIN ALASKA

Authors
HOLLMEN TE FRANSON JC CREEKMORE LH SCHMUTZ JA FOWLER AC
Citation
Te. Hollmen et al., LEUCOCYTOZOON SIMONDI IN EMPEROR GEESE FROM THE YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTAIN ALASKA, The Condor, 100(2), 1998, pp. 402-404
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Ornithology
Journal title
The Condor → ACNP
ISSN journal
00105422
Volume
100
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
402 - 404
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-5422(1998)100:2<402:LSIEGF>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We surveyed Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) in western Alaska for avian hematozoa. Blood smears were collected from 134 adults and goslings in late July 1996, on their breeding grounds on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delt a. One of 134 (0.7%) Emperor Geese harbored Leucocytozoon simondi, rep resenting a new host record for this parasite. No other hematozoa were detected. This is one of few reports of avian blood parasites from th e arctic tundra.