title: Survey of coccidial oocysts and parasite eggs in feces of free-ranging Grus japonensis.
abstract: Fecal survey of Eimeria oocysts and parasite eggs was conducted for 219 fecal samples of free-ranging Grus japonensis in Kushiro district in Hokkaido in April 2003. Positive rate and mean oocysts (or eggs) per gram in positive samples were 26% (57/219) and 8.8 (0.2-136) in oocysts of Eimeria reichenowi, 18.3% (40/219) and 320 (100-1,000) in trematode eggs, 0.1% (2/219) and 0.2 (0.2-0.3) in eggs of Nematoda A, and 4.1% (9/219) and 0.8 (0.2-3.6) in eggs of Nematoda B, respectively.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan.
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sarashina
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uzuka
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Yuzaburo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oku
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Nobumichi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D004539:Eimeria; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary*