Search for the trematode Prouterina wescotti in black bears in Oregon

Authors
Foreyt, WJ High, WA Green, RL
Citation
Wj. Foreyt et al., Search for the trematode Prouterina wescotti in black bears in Oregon, J WILDL DIS, 35(3), 1999, pp. 622-623
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES
ISSN journal
00903558 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
622 - 623
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(199907)35:3<622:SFTTPW>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Forty-six heads of free-ranging black bears (Ursus americanus) collected in May and June of 1995 and 1996 from Oregon (USA) were examined for the trem atode Prouterina wescotti and other parasites. Only Sarcocystis sp. was det ected in two adult male bears. Prouterina wescotti has been found only once previously in one: black bear from Idaho (USA); its normal definitive host remains unknown.