Baylisascaris sp. found in a wild northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus).
During a telemetry study conducted between 1993 and 1995 in east-central Kansas (USA) on northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) populations, a wild adult male quail was found with signs of disorientation and torticollis in August 1994 in Lyon County, Kansas. Based on histological and parasitological examination, it was determined that the bird was infected with larval nematodes of the genus Baylisascaris spp. This is the first known recorded case of Baylisascaris sp. in a wild game bird species.
Williams
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Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706-1598, USA.
McKown
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Veatch
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Applegate
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D000818:Animals; D017162:Ascaridida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017191:Ascaridida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D003088:Colinus / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male