HELMINTHS OF THE CANADIAN TOAD, BUFO-HEMIOPHRYS (AMPHIBIA, ANURA), FROM ALBERTA, CANADA

Authors
BURSEY CR GOLDBERG SR
Citation
Cr. Bursey et Sr. Goldberg, HELMINTHS OF THE CANADIAN TOAD, BUFO-HEMIOPHRYS (AMPHIBIA, ANURA), FROM ALBERTA, CANADA, The Journal of parasitology, 84(3), 1998, pp. 617-618
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
The Journal of parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223395
Volume
84
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
617 - 618
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3395(1998)84:3<617:HOTCTB>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Forty adult Bufo hemiophrys from Alberta, Canada, were examined for he lminths. Four species were found: a trematode, Gor goderina simplex, a nd 3 nematodes, Cosmocercoides variabilis, Oswaldocruzia pipiens, and Rhabdias americanus. Rhabdias americanus had the highest prevalence of helminths (73%); C. variabilis had the highest mean intensity (26 +/- 33 SD). Bufo hemiophrys represents a new host record for each species of helminth.