title: A check list of the helminths of guineafowls (Numididae) and a host list of these parasites.
abstract: Published and personal records have been compiled into a reference list of the helminth parasites of guineafowls. Where data on other avian hosts was available these have been included for completeness' sake and to give an indication of host range. The parasite list for the Helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris, includes five species of acanthocephalans, all belonging to a single genus, three trematodes belonging to three different genera, 34 cestodes representing 15 genera, and 35 nematodes belonging to 17 genera. The list for the Crested guineafowls, Guttera edouardi, contains a single acanthocephalan together with 10 cestode species belonging to seven genera, and three nematode species belonging to three different genera. Records for two cestode species from genera and two nematode species belonging to a single genus have been found for the guineafowl genus Acryllium. Of the 70 helminths listed for N. meleagris, 29 have been recorded from domestic chickens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Junker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boomker
mesh_terms: D000049:Acanthocephala / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006376:Helminths / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D009348:Nematoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity