title: Metroliasthes lucida in the eastern wild turkey from Rhode Island.
abstract: The cestode, Metroliasthes lucida, is reported for the first time from the eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in Rhode Island, United States; this is the first published record from New England. One of eight birds examined was infected with 10 cestodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881.
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Amr
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hyland
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D012237:Rhode Island; D014422:Turkeys / Q000469:parasitology*