Trypanosoma kansasensis sp. n. (Sarcomastigophora: Kinetoplastida) is described from three of 23 (13%) eastern woodrats (Neotoma floridana) collected from Pottawatomie County, Kansas (USA). All flagellates found in the blood of woodrats were trypomastigotes and are larger than T. neotomae in overall dimensions, especially flagellar length and the distance between the posterior end of the organism and kinetoplast. Liver infusion-tryptose (LIT) cultures of infected whole blood resulted in the transformation of some parasites into epimastigotes; however, there was no apparent increase in parasite numbers.
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1 July 1989
Trypanosoma kansasensis sp. n. from Neotoma floridana in Kansas
Steve J. Upton,
Richard A. Fridell,
Michael Tilley

Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 25 • No. 3
July 1989
Vol. 25 • No. 3
July 1989
eastern woodrat
Kinetoplastida
LIT culture
Neotoma floridana
Sarcomastigophora
survey
Trypanosoma kansasensis sp. n.