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Potential Parasite Induced Host Mortality in Northern Bobwhite ( Colinus virginianus ) From the Rolling Plains Ecoregion of West Texas

@inproceedings{Brym2018PotentialPI,
  title={Potential Parasite Induced Host Mortality in Northern Bobwhite ( Colinus virginianus ) From the Rolling Plains Ecoregion of West Texas},
  author={Matthew Z. Brym and Cassandra Henry and Ronald J. Kendall},
  year={2018}
}
Anecdotal reports of Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) exhibiting strange behavior have raised suspicions of parasite induced host mortality (PIHM) in the Rolling Plains of West Texas. In 2017, we received 11 bobwhite carcasses associated with such reports and found parasites in all of these specimens. While further research is needed to evaluate the impact of parasites on bobwhite, these reports provide a valuable supplement to on-going investigations of PIHM in bobwhite from the… 
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Between December 2017 and February 2018, 21 hunter-shot bobwhite from Garza and Mitchell counties in Texas were received and found peak caecal worm and eyeworm burdens averaging 599 and 44, respectively, which represent the highest average parasite loads documented in bob white from the Rolling Plains thus far.
Regional surveillance of parasitic infections in wild Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) utilizing a mobile research laboratory platform
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It is proposed that the mobile laboratory would be an effective way to monitor infection levels, in addition to factors that may affect infection such as climate, diapause, and intermediate host populations.
Assessment of the helminth fauna in northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) occurring within South Texas
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It is indicated that the helminth community in bobwhites from South Texas can vary during long-term, highly variable precipitation conditions and these communities are more similar to those found in the Rolling Plains of Texas than those found on the eastern part of the bobwhite's geographic range in the US.
Predicting seasonal infection of eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi) and caecal worm (Aulonocephalus pennula) in northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) of the Rolling Plains Ecoregion of Texas, USA
Life-cycle of Oxyspirura petrowi (Spirurida: Thelaziidae), an eyeworm of the northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus)
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This study successfully replicated and monitored the complete O. petrowi life-cycle in vivo, recovering embryonated O.Petrowi eggs from the feces of bobwhite 51 days after consumption of infected crickets, and is the first to fully monitor the complete life- cycle of O. Petrowi in bobwhite.
Identification of eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi) and caecal worm (Aulonocephalus pennula) infection levels in Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) of the Rolling Plains, TX using a mobile research laboratory: Implications for regional surveillance
“Weight of evidence” as a tool for evaluating disease in wildlife: An example assessing parasitic infection in Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
  • C. Henry, M. Brym, R. Kendall
  • Environmental Science
    International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife
  • 2020

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