Host Habitat and Age as Factors in the Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites of the Muskrat1

D. R. ANDERSON; R. L. BEAUDOIN

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-2.3.70

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1 July 1966 Host Habitat and Age as Factors in the Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites of the Muskrat

D. R. ANDERSON, R. L. BEAUDOIN

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Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association, 2(3):70-77 (1966). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-2.3.70

Abstract

Muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) collected from three different habitats: river, marshes and streams were examined for helminth parasites. Muskrats were aged by a lens-weight technique. Using the age specific prevalence, transmission rats for Wardius zibethicus, Quinque-serialis quinqueserialis, Echinostomum revolutum and the strobilo-cercus stage of Hydatigera taeniaeformis were constructed for stream muskrats. Parasite burdens and the occurrence of multiple infections increased with host age. Differences in prevalence between habitats were observed.

ANDERSON and BEAUDOIN: Host Habitat and Age as Factors in the Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites of the Muskrat1

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D. R. ANDERSON and R. L. BEAUDOIN "Host Habitat and Age as Factors in the Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites of the Muskrat," Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association 2(3), 70-77, (1 July 1966). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-2.3.70

Received: 21 March 1966; Published: 1 July 1966

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