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Taxonomy of trypanosomes (Protozoa: Trypanosomatidae) of Spermophilus spp. (Rodentia: Sciuridae)*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Donald F. J. Hilton  and
Jerome L. Mahrt
Donald F. J. Hilton
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jerome L. Mahrt
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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(1) Spermophilus columbianus, S. franklinii, S. lateralis tescorum, S. richardsonii, S. tridecemlineatus and s. undulatus plesius (ground squirrels) were collected from Alberta and Yukon Territory (S. u. plesius only), Canada. Trypanosome infections were detected in all but S. l. tescorum. (2) All six species of squirrels were experimentally inoculated with trypanosomes from naturally infected S. columbianus, S. franklinii, S. richardsonii and S. tridecemlineatus. The strains from S. columbianus, S. richardsonii and S. tridecemlineatus produced infections in some or all of the other host species, whereas the strain from S. franklinii did not. (3) Natural transmission of trypanosomes has not been demonstrated, but it seems likely that fleas act as vectors. (4) Intensities and durations of experimental infections were variable and depended upon the trypanosome strain, host species and individual. Infections were non-pathogenic. (5) Previously infected ground squirrels could not be reinfected with the same or a different trypanosome strain and immunity appeared to be lifelong. (6) Size comparisons among and within trypanosome strains from naturally and experimentally infected ground squirrels revealed that the strains from S. franklinii and S. tridecemlineatus were similar to one another, but different from the other three trypanosome strains (those from S. columbianus, S. richardsonii and S. undulatus). (7) It is suggested that there is only one species of trypanosome, Trypanosoma otospermophili, in the genus Spermophilus in North America and that differences in size and types of infection are due to host-induced variations (i.e. they are plastoxenodemes). T. spermophili (present in Eurasian Spermophilus spp.) might be synonymous with T. otospermophili.

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Parasitology , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , December 1972 , pp. 403 - 425
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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