William H. Stickel S.A. Geis L. N. Locke 1965 <p>Observations were made concerning the diseases and parasites of a group of woodcocks (<i>Philohela minor</i>) caught in Massachusetts in the summer of 1960 and kept in captivity in Maryland, and of another group caught and kept in Louisiana in the winter of 1960-61. Bumblefoot, a granulomatous swelling of the foot caused by <i>Micrococcus</i> sp., is reported for woodcocks for the first time. Six of 31 woodcocks were infected with a renal coccidium of an undetermined species. <i>Tetrameres</i> sp. was found in 4 of 31 birds examined. <i>Sarcocystis</i> was found in one bird. Aerosaculitis was found in several.</p> application/pdf 10.2307/3798644 en Wiley Some diseases and parasites of captive woodcocks article