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1 April 1975 PARASITES OF THE BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBIT IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
PHILIP C. BRITAIN, DAVID R. VOTH
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Abstract

Forty-four black-tailed jackrabbits, Lepus californicus melanotis Mearns, 1890, were collected near Denver from August, 1972, through July, 1973, and examined for parasites. Recovered parasites and their infection rates were: Eimeria sp. 100%, Cittotaenia sp. 27%, coenuri of Multiceps sp. 57%, Cediopsylla inaequalis 14%, Hoplopsyllus affinis 9%, Haemodipsus setoni 2%, Dermacentor andersoni 14%, and Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris 25%.

BRITAIN and VOTH: PARASITES OF THE BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBIT IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
PHILIP C. BRITAIN and DAVID R. VOTH "PARASITES OF THE BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBIT IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 11(2), 269-271, (1 April 1975). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-11.2.269
Received: 18 October 1974; Published: 1 April 1975
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