PARASITES OF NEBRASKA PHEASANTS

Authors

Ellis C. Greiner, University of Nebraska State Museum

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1972

Comments

Published in Journal of Wildlife Diseases Vol.8 203-206 (1972)

Abstract

Parasite prevalence, intensity, and diversity in Nebraska pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) were studied during the fall of 1971. Fifty-four of 63 (86%) pheasants examined for helminths harbored at least one parasite species. Heterakis gallinarum (65% of the pheasants), Choanotaenia infundibulum (48% ). Echinoparyphiuin recurcatum (1 .6% ), and Zygocotyle lunata (1 .6% ) were recovered. Two of 15 (13% birds examined for coccidia possessed Eimeria phasiani. None of 35 pheasants examined for hematozoa had patent infections.