Wood storks (Mycteria americana) are endangered throughout their breeding range in the United States. Because of this, researchers have had little opportunity to thoroughly examine the continental wood stork population for endoparasites. The blood protozoan Haemoproteus crumenium has been identified from several populations of wood storks in North America. However, there have been no reports of wood storks being infected with species of Plasmodium or Leucocytozoon. During 2003, 42 nestling wood storks were captured at sites in Georgia and 27 free-ranging wood storks were captured at postbreeding dispersal sites in Mississippi and Louisiana. Two thin blood smears were made from each bird, and they were examined for parasites. Haemoproteus crumenium was found in 5 wood storks (7.2%), whereas Leucocytozoon sp., Plasmodium sp., and microfilariae were not observed. Mean intensity of H. crumenium was 4.4 ± 0.7 (SE) per 2,000 erythrocytes counted. All infected wood storks were subadult or adult and were from postbreeding dispersal sites in Mississippi.
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October 01 2008
Blood Parasites in Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) From the Southeastern United States
Cody J. Zabransky;
Cody J. Zabransky
aCaesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Kingsville, 700 University Boulevard, MSC 218, Kingsville, Texas 78363
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Stephen L. Webb;
Stephen L. Webb
bPresent address: Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University, Box 9690, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762
dTo whom correspondence should be addressed. stephenwebb@hotmail.com
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Alan M. Fedynich;
Alan M. Fedynich
aCaesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Kingsville, 700 University Boulevard, MSC 218, Kingsville, Texas 78363
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A. Lawrence Bryan, Jr.
A. Lawrence Bryan, Jr.
cSavannah River Ecology Laboratory, P.O. Drawer E, Aiken, South Carolina 29802
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J Parasitol (2008) 94 (5): 1178–1179.
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Cody J. Zabransky, Stephen L. Webb, Alan M. Fedynich, A. Lawrence Bryan; Blood Parasites in Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) From the Southeastern United States. J Parasitol 1 October 2008; 94 (5): 1178–1179. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-1480.1
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