Severe moniliformiasis (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) in a gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, from Arkansas, USA.
Three hundred and seventy-five acanthocephalans, Moniliformis clarki, were removed from the small and large intestines of a gray squirrel from Arkansas County, Arkansas (USA). This is the first report of M. clarki from Arkansas. Enteric lesions, including distension, perforating ulcers, enteritis, crypt hypertrophy, goblet cell hyperplasia, and occlusions of the intestinal tract were observed, indicating the pathogenic potential of this parasite.
Singleton
J
J
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701.
Richardson
D J
DJ
Lockhart
J M
JM
D000818:Animals; D001131:Arkansas; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008990:Moniliformis / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000469:parasitology*