New Host Records and Range Extensions for Helminth Parasites from Wading Birds in Southeastern Florida

Authors

Sarah Gumbleton, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
David Kerstetter, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Amy Hirons, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Christopher Blanar, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2019

Publication Title

Florida Field Naturalist

Keywords

Acanthocephalans, Nematodes, Trematodes, Ardeidae, Threskiornithidae

ISSN

0738-999X

Volume

47

Issue/No.

3

First Page

105

Last Page

112

Abstract

Six species of wading birds collected from wildlife centers throughout South Florida were dissected for parasites. Twenty-six species of parasites represent new host records and five parasite species represent new geographic range extensions.

NSUWorks Citation

Sarah Gumbleton, David Kerstetter, Amy Hirons, and Christopher Blanar. 2019. New Host Records and Range Extensions for Helminth Parasites from Wading Birds in Southeastern Florida .Florida Field Naturalist , (3) : 105 -112. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/1081.

ORCID ID

0000-0002-4440-8767, 0000-0002-4900-3099

ResearcherID

I-5396-2012