Nancy J. Thomas
Constance L. Roderick
Rebecca A. Cole
1995
<p><span>Two Florida snail kites (</span><i>Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus</i><span>, Say) collected in August and December 1993 from Osceola County (28°15′N, 81°17′W) and Glades County (26°45′N, 81°10′W), Florida (USA), respectively, were infected with </span><i>Bothrigaster variolaris</i><span> (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae); this parasite has not been reported previously from birds in the United States. One bird, a fledgling female, harbored 270 specimens of </span><i>B. variolaris</i><span>; the helminths caused airsacculitis and bronchitis, possible contributing factors in the death of this bird. The other bird, a subadult female, was infected with 40 trematodes and had gross and microscopic lesions consistent with trauma as the cause of death.</span></p>
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Wildlife Disease Association
Bothrigaster variolaris (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae) infection in two Florida snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus)
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