Severe Moniliformiasis (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) in a Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, from Arkansas, USA

Jeurel Singleton; Dennis J. Richardson; J. Mitchell Lockhart

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-29.1.165

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1 January 1993 Severe Moniliformiasis (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) in a Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, from Arkansas, USA

Jeurel Singleton, Dennis J. Richardson, J. Mitchell Lockhart

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 29(1):165-168 (1993). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-29.1.165

Abstract

Three hundred and seventy-five acanthocephalans, Moniliformis clarki, were removed from the small and large intestines of a gray squirrel from Arkansas County, Arkansas (USA). This is the first report of M. clarki from Arkansas. Enteric lesions, including distension, perforating ulcers, enteritis, crypt hypertrophy, goblet cell hyperplasia, and occlusions of the intestinal tract were observed, indicating the pathogenic potential of this parasite.

Singleton, Richardson, and Lockhart: Severe Moniliformiasis (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) in a Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, from Arkansas, USA

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Jeurel Singleton, Dennis J. Richardson, and J. Mitchell Lockhart "Severe Moniliformiasis (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) in a Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, from Arkansas, USA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 29(1), 165-168, (1 January 1993). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-29.1.165

Received: 25 June 1991; Published: 1 January 1993

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