Eighty California quail (Callipepla californica), collected from the E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area near Monmouth, Oregon (USA) during a 22 mo period, were examined for gastrointestinal helminths. Eight birds were infected with three species of nematodes, Heterakis isolonche, Dispharynx nasuta, and Capillaria sp., and two species of cestodes, Rhabdometra odiosa and Davainea sp. Except for D. nasuta, prevalence did not exceed 5% despite mesic conditions in the collection area. Two mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) were collected from Lane County, Oregon (USA), near Blue River Reservoir; both were infected with the nematode Trichostrongylus tenuis.
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1 July 1989
Helminths of California Quail (Callipepla califomica) and Mountain Quail (Oreortyx pictus) in Western Oregon
Janice Moore,
Michael Freehling,
Renata Platenberg,
Lena Measures,
John A. Crawford

Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 25 • No. 3
July 1989
Vol. 25 • No. 3
July 1989
California Quail
Callipepla californica
cestodes
gastrointestinal helminths
mountain quail
nematodes
Oreortyx pictus