Intrahepatic Larval Nematode Infection in the Northern Spring Peeper, Pseudacris crucifer crucifer (Anura: Hylidae), in West Virginia

James E. Joy; Ernest M. Walker; Sukjung G. Koh; James M. Bentley; Anna G. Crank

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.340

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1 April 1996 Intrahepatic Larval Nematode Infection in the Northern Spring Peeper, Pseudacris crucifer crucifer (Anura: Hylidae), in West Virginia

James E. Joy, Ernest M. Walker, Sukjung G. Koh, James M. Bentley, Anna G. Crank

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 32(2):340-343 (1996). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.340

Abstract

Larval stages of an unknown nematode were observed encapsulated in the livers of spring peepers, Pseudacris crucifer crucifer (Weid-Neuweid), collected from a marsh in western West Virginia (USA) during the spring breeding seasons of 1993 and 1994. Prevalence and mean intensity of infection were 37% (30 of 82 animals) and 2.03 parasites per infected host, respectively. Capsules with white or darkly pigmented walls were observed in infected livers; the former containing viable larvae, and the latter enveloping larvae in various stages of degeneration.

Joy, Walker, Koh, Bentley, and Crank: Intrahepatic Larval Nematode Infection in the Northern Spring Peeper, Pseudacris crucifer crucifer (Anura: Hylidae), in West Virginia

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James E. Joy, Ernest M. Walker, Sukjung G. Koh, James M. Bentley, and Anna G. Crank "Intrahepatic Larval Nematode Infection in the Northern Spring Peeper, Pseudacris crucifer crucifer (Anura: Hylidae), in West Virginia," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32(2), 340-343, (1 April 1996). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.340

Received: 23 April 1995; Published: 1 April 1996

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