TY - JOUR T1 - Arthropod and helminth parasites from the Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys bursarius bursarius from the hosts' northern boundary range in Minnesota JF - Journal of Parasitology Y1 - 2000 A1 - Bartel,M. H. A1 - Scott Lyell Gardner SP - 153 EP - 156 KW - Acanthocephala KW - animals KW - Arthropods/classification KW - Cestoda KW - Dermacentor KW - ectoparasite KW - fleas KW - Helminths KW - Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology/parasitology/veterinary KW - Mallophaga KW - Minnesota/epidemiology KW - Nematoda/isolation & purification KW - Prevalence KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't KW - Rodent Diseases/epidemiology/parasitology KW - rodentia AB -

As part of a continuing and more general study of the diversity of parasites from subterranean mammals in central North America, individuals of the Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys bursarius bursarius, were collected from 7 localities in northwestern Minnesota from September 1991 through October 1996. Arthropods collected included the fleas, Opisocrostis bruneri (4 of 124, 3.2%), Foxella ignota ignota (85 of 124, 68.5%); the chewing louse, Geomydoecus geomydis geomydis from 98 of 124 (79%), and larvae of the tick, Dermacentor variabilis (1 of 124, 0.8%). Nematodes found included Physaloptera limbata (2 of 118 gophers, 1.7%), Capillaria americana (4 of 118, 3.4%), and Ransomus rodentorum (31 of 118, 26.3%). Cestodes recovered included Anoplocephaloides infrequens (12 of 136 gophers, 8.8%), Anoplocephaloides variabilis (19 of 136, 14%), Andrya macrocephala (20 of 136, 14.7%), and Hymenolepis weldensis from 12 of 136, 8.8%. The acanthocephalan, Moniliformis clarki was found in 1 of 118 gophers (0.8%). No parasites were found in the cheek pouches, thoracic, or peritoneal cavities.

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