title: Prevalence of the nematode Spauligodon giganticus (Oxyurida: Pharyngodonidae) in neonatal Yarrow's spiny lizards, Sceloporus jarrovii (Sauria: Iguanidae).
abstract: Examination of the digestive tracts of 31 field-collected neonatal Sceloporus jarrovii Cope, 1875, estimated to be between 1 day and 2 wk of age revealed a prevalence of 74% (23/31) infection for eggs and/or larvae of the nematode Spauligodon giganticus (Read and Amrein, 1953) Skrjabin, Schikhobalova, and Lagodovskaja, 1960, and a prevalence of 3% (1/31) for the cestode Oochoristica sp. Twenty-two captive-born neonatal Sceloporus jarrovii, no older than 1 day revealed a prevalence of 14% for eggs of Spauligodon giganticus. Substrate licking, a behavior evident soon after birth, apparently is responsible for this almost immediate infection by S. jarrovii.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Whittier College, California 90608.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bursey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001130:Arizona / Q000453:epidemiology; D004064:Digestive System / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010124:Oxyuroidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence