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1 January 1992 Occurrence of a Syngamus sp. in tundra voles (Microtus oeconomus) collected on St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea
Hiroshi Sato, Masao Kamiya
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Abstract

A species of syngamid nematode belonging to the genus Syngamus was found in the respiratory tract (terminal trachea to bronchi) of tundra voles (Microtus oeconomus) collected on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska (USA). Its prevalence in June 1989 was >29% (12 of 41 male voles and seven of 24 females) in the village of Savoonga, while no nematodes were found from 41 voles collected in the village of Gambell. Lesions included dilatation of parasitized respiratory ducts and peribronchial and perivascular cuffing by lymphoid cells, mainly plasma cells, in parasitized lobes. Morphologically, this syngamid species differed from S. microtinae reported previously from the same host species as well as from other syngamids known from avian hosts.

Sato and Kamiya: Occurrence of a Syngamus sp. in tundra voles (Microtus oeconomus) collected on St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea
Hiroshi Sato and Masao Kamiya "Occurrence of a Syngamus sp. in tundra voles (Microtus oeconomus) collected on St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 28(1), 134-137, (1 January 1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.1.134
Received: 27 March 1991; Published: 1 January 1992
KEYWORDS
Microtus oeconomus
morphology
Nematoda
prevalence
Syngamus sp.
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