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Helminth fauna in a semi-arid host species – scaled quail (Callipepla squamata)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2019

A.M. Fedynich Open the ORCID record for A.M. Fedynich [Opens in a new window] ,
K. Bedford ,
D. Rollins  and
D.B. Wester
A.M. Fedynich*
Affiliation:
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 700 University Boulevard, MSC 218, Kingsville, Texas 78363, USA
K. Bedford
Affiliation:
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 700 University Boulevard, MSC 218, Kingsville, Texas 78363, USA
D. Rollins
Affiliation:
Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation, P.O. Box 220, Roby, Texas 79543, USA
D.B. Wester
Affiliation:
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 700 University Boulevard, MSC 218, Kingsville, Texas 78363, USA
*
Author for correspondence: A.M. Fedynich, E-mail: alan.fedynich@tamuk.edu
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Abstract

Helminths were examined from 145 scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) collected during the 2012–2013, 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 hunting seasons from a semi-arid region of Texas that spans four ecoregions. Helminth infracommunities were species poor, averaging 1.7 (range 1–4) species. Six species occurred within the component community of which one (Oxyspirura petrowi) is known to be pathogenic to quail. Aulonocephalus pennula was most abundant (9991 individuals, 95% of total) followed by O. petrowi (391 individuals, 4%). Each of the remaining four species was rare (≤21% prevalence) and contributed few individuals (<1%). In the High Plains ecoregion, prevalence of O. petrowi was higher in host collections made during the 2013–2014 hunting season than either hunting seasons 2012–2013 or 2014–2015 and was higher in the High Plains ecoregion than the Edwards Plateau ecoregion during the 2013–2014 hunting season. Mean abundance of A. pennula and O. petrowi was higher in scaled quail from the High Plains ecoregion than the Edwards Plateau ecoregion. Our results provide new information about helminth fauna in scaled quail, persistence of indirect lifecycle helminth species within a semi-arid region, and the occurrence of pathogenic helminth species within this host species.

Keywords

Callipepla squamatahelminthsparasitesscaled quailTexas
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Research Paper
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 94 , 2020 , e65
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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